31.   He also pledged again not to make the abortion issue a litmus test for his judicial nominees.

32.   He has even endorsed judicial nominees that his own colleagues oppose.

33.   He also heads the panel that screens judicial nominees for Pataki.

34.   He should not further divide the country with highly controversial judicial nominees.

35.   He was asked whether he interprets the Constitution to allow for abortions and whether he would require his judicial nominees to hold the same view.

36.   Helms had blocked all Clinton judicial nominees from North Carolina.

37.   Holding hearings and voting on judicial nominees is arguably the most important responsibility of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

38.   Holding up judicial nominees on a cooked-up pretext is lousy governing and the Republicans ought to be held responsible.

39.   His judicial nominees must oppose it as well.

40.   In GOP debates, Forbes has said he would require his running mate and federal judicial nominees to oppose abortion.