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John Edwards verdict could become part of Citizens United backlash

The Christian Science Monitor

By Patrik Jonsson, Staff writer

posted May 23, 2012 at 1:57 pm EDT

If 12 North Carolina jurors decide that former vice presidential nominee John Edwards is guilty of campaign fraud, it could be widely seen as part of a growing rumble of populist discontent with the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling.