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The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Thursday, August 17, 2006

Scandalous Past?

Fox News

The judge who ruled against the NSA secret surveillance program was accused of "judge shopping" a suit against the University of Michigan Law school in 2002 to preserve the school's affirmative action admissions process.

The Wall Street Journal reports Judge Anna Diggs Taylor tried to take the case away from Judge Bernard Freedman — who was suspected of being critical of affirmative action — and replace him with someone more favorable to the school's position.

She dropped that attempt only after Freedman publicly condemned her "highly irregular" efforts.

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