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Bully Pulpit

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, September 27, 2007

Bad Career Move?

(Fox News) - Remember Lynne Stewart, the disbarred lawyer who was convicted of conspiring with and supporting terrorists along with lying to and defrauding the U.S. government? She was sentenced to 28 months in prison and is out on bail pending appeal. Now she has been invited to speak at the Hofstra Law School's upcoming conference on ethics, entitled "Lawyering at the Edge."

Stewart's is one of several names on the school's Web site, under the description "prominent experts in the field of ethics, as well as preeminent criminal defense and civil rights practitioners."

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