The Bush v. Gore decision pretty much put lie to our presumption that the conservative majority Supreme Court would stay out of political or non-federal issues like they are supposed to. Conservatives to this day refuse to talk about what happened--constantly dismissing the issue or changing the subject. But this is not a frivolous issue: Having seen how conservative Supreme Court judges behave, we now need to have guarantees from candidate that they will not subvert basic principles of judicial deference (principles espoused by conservatives) in order to thwart the public will in favor of their own political preferences. That is, conservative Supreme Court judges have shown that they will put their own personal politics above the law.
Considering that the conservative majority even stated that its decision in Bush v. Gore should not be followed as precedent, it is dead law, so there is no excuse for not answering questions about it.
If a nominee is unwilling to promise to put duty over personal politics, then they are not fit for the position. Article III of the Constitution states that federal judges can serve for live, as long as they maintain "good Behavior." When nominees refuse to answer questions on Bush v. Gore, they are refusing to promise "good Behavior," so they should be preemptively removed from the bench.
Every time a nominee is allowed to avoid answering questions about Bush v. Gore, the public's perception of the gravity of that abuse of the public trust is diminished. The threat that decision represents is great enough to warrant a filibuster of any nominee who refuses to address it. At the very least, the public will be reminded of what the Supreme Court did in 2000 and how far conservatives will go to thwart democracy in America.
Please write to your senators and ask them to fight for the integrity of the Supreme Court; ask them to filibuster any nominee who won't discuss Bush v. Gore.