Democratic presidential candidates made a battle cry out of reversing the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision long before the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. As a consequence of Scalia’s death on Feb. 13, will Democrats get their wish?

Campaign-finance experts on both sides agree that Scalia’s death leaves the 5-4 ruling vulnerable if he is replaced by a nominee of President Barack Obama or a future Democratic president.

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