Disturbing Kinship in Pakistan, GOP Judicial Litmus Tests
Fair Courts E-lert
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Editorial comments on the refusal of six Pakistani Supreme Court Justices to sign an oath that would protect the military from legal action, a defiant gesture that cost the justices their seats on the court. The editorial notes, “the similarity between a loyalty oath for Pakistani judges and a litmus test for U.S. Supreme Court Justices is disquieting.” The editorial concludes, “those pressing Gov. George W. bush and other Republican presidential candidates on whether they would establish a pro-life `litmus test’ for Supreme Court nominees ought to consider what happened in Pakistan.”