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His litmus test is a constitutional one, civilian control of the military ...
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Gore said he had "rejected the notion of litmus tests on the Supreme Court by saying there are ways to find out the kind of judgment somebody has without posing specific litmus tests."
let's call it the unfolding of Vice President Gore's position on the great Joint Chiefs Gay Litmus Test issue was not sufficiently flip-floppy "to constitute a 'reversal.
In the context of the Supreme Court, of course, "litmus test" clearly means an inquiry into a potential nominee's personal convictions--on, say, abortion or civil rights--prior to their nomination.