Talk:Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez

Comments, as requested
This would be a very ambitious article to make a run at featured status with. Some things I would suggest looking into: (1) the arguments made by LSC before the statute, that would have violated the statute had it been in place, and the discussion of them in the legislative history of the act, (2) the arguments made by LSC, after that statute was invalidated, and whether or not they prevailed in any significant cases. In other words, how much of a practical impact did the statute, and its invalidation have, one the work of LSC lawyers and the development of welfare law. In terms of the extensive commentary that I'm sure exists in law reviews, books, and other secondary sources, I would suggest trying to figure out how this case ties in with the following themes: (1) government speech, (2) government subsidies of speech, (3) unconstitutional conditions, (4) viewpoint discrimination, (5) the public forum doctrine, and (6) speech of lawyers. In terms of the first two items, many commentators have tried to put this case and Rust side-by-side to understand how they could possibly coexist (keeping in mind that not all the justices thought they could). In terms of the last, it would be interesting to consider whether this case is really just about lawyers. In other words, how much was the court influenced by the perceived interference of Congress with the lawyer-client relationship. Would be interesting to see how lower courts have applied and/or distinguished this case in light of these themes as well. I think it would be better to organize the commentary thematically (and perhaps I have missed some themes) rather than simply by praise/criticism. Savidan 22:31, 28 January 2012 (UTC)


 * Savidan, thank you for your feedback. You've isolated a series of places I can work on to improve the article. I appreciate your thorough analysis. Regards, Lord Roem (talk) 03:51, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

This is a very good article. Kudos to whoever wrote it! ImThe IP (talk) 04:22, 27 August 2020 (UTC)