 Wallace was opposed by the Senate Democrats and various advocacy groups, who asserted Wallace had tried to undermine meaningful enforcement of the U.S. civil rights laws.In addition, as chair of the Legal Services Corporation, Wallace had been criticized by from Democrats and a few moderate Republicans for seeking to undermine the agency.He authorized the use of LSC funds to lobby Congress for cuts in LSC's budget and to pay lawyers to prepare a memo arguing for LSC's abolition.