DramaQueen, the question you asked was pointed out by the moderators to have been one that had caused problems in the past (before I was here).
As for the definition of bully pulpit, you only had to search wikipedia:
Bully pulpit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Legal questions can be a slippery slope into politics because it is Congress (state and federal) that creates our laws. That is why I find your questions controversial. You are skating on the edge of politics and quite honestly, I have had enough nastiness at my old board because of these kinds of questions and I wondered what your agenda was in asking.