Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 51 Sonia Sotomayor 49 Cantil Sakauye 49 Confirmation hearings 49 Fred Fielding 48 William Rehnquist 48 Samuel Alito 48 William H. Rehnquist 47 Merrick Garland 47 counsel Alberto Gonzales 46 conservative jurists 46 Judge Robert Bork 46 Solicitor General Elena Kagan 46 Supreme Court Nominee 46 Brett Kavanaugh 46 conservative jurist 46 Ms. Miers 46 Harriet Miers 46 Edwin Meese III 45 Abner Mikva 45 Elena Kagan 45 Supreme Court justices 44 Judge Samuel Alito 44 Judge Sonia Sotomayor 44 Gen. Colin Powell 44 Miers 44 President George HW 44 David Souter 44 Alito 44 nominee Samuel Alito 44 President George W. 44 Counsel Alberto Gonzales 44 Nominators 44 Oct 44 Dawn Johnsen 44 Miguel Estrada 44 jurist 43 C. Boyden Gray 43 Justice Sonia Sotomayor 43 Sandra Day 43 Justice William Rehnquist 43 Kagan 43 Carte Goodwin 43 Theodore Olson 42 nominee Elena Kagan 42 Solicitor General Kagan 42 Bill Clinton 42 Presumptive Republican 42 Gerald Ford 42 Sen. Hillary Rodham 42 Alberto R. 42 Harold Koh 42 Priscilla Owen 41 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 41 Justice Thurgood Marshall 41 Clarence Thomas 41 Judicial Nominating Commission 41 George W. Bush 41 Rudolph Giuliani 41 Rep. Jim Ryun 41 Retired Brig 41 Judge Alito 41 Michael Mukasey 41 judgeships 41 Rehnquist 41 Sen. Birch Bayh 41 Alberto Gonzales 41 advisor Karl Rove 41 nominee Harriet Miers 41 Massachusetts Gov. Mitt 41 Russ Feingold D Wis 40 judgeship 40 George HW Bush 40 Supreme Court Justice Antonin 40 nominee 40 Linda Greenhouse 40 Justice Sandra 40 confirmation hearings 40 Mayor Rudolph Giuliani 40 judicial temperament 40 Louis Freeh 40 Hillary Rodham 40 Antonin Scalia 40 Sotomayor 40 nominating 40 judicial nominees 40 Rudy Giuliani 40 Solicitor General Ted 39 Caroline Kennedy 39 Judicial Selection 39 Bradley Schlozman 39 Counsel Harriet Miers 39 Justices Clarence 39 Nathan Hecht 39 B. Mukasey 39 Sen. Sam Brownback 39 Justice Harry Blackmun 39 strict constructionist 39 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis 39 Chip Somodevilla Getty Images 39 Mary Ann Glendon 39 aide Karl Rove