Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez

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In Legal Services Corporation v. Velazquez the U.S. Supreme Court held that Congress violated the First Amendment and the separation-of-powers doctrine when it barred from challenging welfare reform laws the LSC-funded lawyers representing individual clients seeking benefits. The implications of this decision for subsidized speech generally and for that of lawyers for the poor specifically are promising.

By Burt Neuborne and David Udell From May - June 2001