You know, something else that

You know, something else that has my panties in a twist. I keep hearing about democratic "litmus tests" for judges n' such. I think this is just another Zombie Mind Trick by the evil sons of Satan. The position they state is that if you have any test for a judge, it's a democratic "litmus test" and therefore equivalent to the Christian Right's "litmus test" they use. And therefore should be attacked just like the liberals attack their "litmus test".

One big difference.

It's not a "litmus test" when you're talking about current and past LAW. It isn't a test to see if you would overturn current laws in favor of a particular world view. The way they want to spin the whole thing, they make it sound like standing up for CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS is some kind of wacky political skullduggery that should be exposed as the evil ACLU infected undead that it obviously is. I mean, when someone asks a judge if they want to OVERTURN Roe V. Wade, it's not a "litmus test" by democrats. It's the LAW OF THE LAND. And the question is, DO YOU WANT TO OVERTURN THE LAW OF THE LAND? In essence, it's a question determining if the judge has an activist agenda - i.e., will they use their position to further their ideology. And that's a perfectly acceptable question.

So making the case that the "litmus test" of the Christian Right - which is to OVERTURN LAWS - is equivalent to the questions on the left as to whether they want to overturn those laws is just completely silly. It's perfectly reasonable to ask what a judge's views are about CONSTITUTIONAL rights. It's not like the left wants to overturn them. It just wants to know if you're going to uphold them and not whittle them away to nothing in an onslaught of moral certainty.

If you believe in a "higher law", then the Christian Right's viewpoint almost makes sense.

But then, you'd have to be a fundamentalist religious extremist to want to impose that law, wouldn't you? Say, like the Taliban?