Word: litmus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...candidates also split on testing of weaponssystems, with Gore complaining that Democrats werebeing subjected to yet another "litmus test" thatpushes candidates to the left, and damages theparty's general election hopes...
...example, would have to defend not only his foreign policy views but also a conservative domestic voting record that includes support for Reaganomics, the nomination of William Rehnquist as Chief Justice and a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court abortion decision. Nunn flunks almost every liberal Democratic litmus test. In 1986 he scored lower than 15 Republican and 43 Democratic Senators on the Americans for Democratic Action scorecard...
From the start, Reagan has insisted he did not know of any diversion plans, making it the litmus test of his credibility in separating himself from the scandal. The White House was unmoved by North's claim that he wrote five diversion memos; only the one found on Nov. 22 has turned up among the 250,000 documents the White House released to the congressional committees. Even if other versions exist, says one aide, so what? "There's nothing that says the President saw them...
...Supreme Court back, after 25 years of wandering far from the meaning of the Constitution." Others contend that the Senate's constitutional responsibility to advise and consent does not extend to judgments of a candidate's philosophy. Says former Deputy Solicitor General Paul Bator: "If we adopt a political litmus test, our most distinguished members would fail...
...public opinion. "There is increased agitation," admits Jeff Levi, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, "but I don't see it getting anywhere." Many leaders of the New Right, however, are determined to make AIDS an issue that could eclipse abortion as a conservative litmus test for campaigners. "There is a current moving out there that politicians will have to respond to," says Weyrich. Warns Jeffrey Bell, an adviser to Congressman Jack Kemp: "Anyone advocating the American Civil Liberties Union line on AIDS will not be acceptable in the Republican nomination fight...