I frankly don’t understand this one, flogged by the Franklin Center at Fox News. Cronyism and corruption in Texas government? Okay, sure.
But how were these state pols supposed to know in advance that the law students they touted to the University of Texas wouldn’t be able to pass the bar?
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
I strongly suspect that any university what takes its budget seriously (and name one that doesn’t) will look favorably at some “recommended” candidates… nothing new under the sun.