I'd like to say two things. First, the expert panel that doles out the money is appointed. The board has absolutely no say in how that money is disbursed. There is no overlap. I never had anything to say in all the years I was on the program about what cases were going to be funded.
Second, many cases are turned down. I fundamentally think, however, that the people whose interests are affected should control the organization that decides what litigation's going to be done. That is the program's strength, not its weakness.