Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 55 Adam Liptak 55 Totenberg 54 Abigail Thernstrom 54 Sotomayor 54 dissenting opinion 54 conservative jurist 53 Nina Totenberg 53 Alito 53 Breyer 52 Justice Breyer 52 Kagan 52 Judge Sotomayor 52 jurist 52 Justice Scalia 52 justices 52 Justices Clarence 52 Justice Joyce Kennard 52 Tatel 51 Thernstrom 51 Scalia 51 Merrick Garland 51 Judge Alito 51 Brett Kavanaugh 51 Justice Antonin Scalia 51 Stephen G. Breyer 51 judicial temperament 50 J. Harvie Wilkinson 50 dissenting justices 50 Associate Justices 50 Mosk 50 conservative jurists 50 originalist 50 Sonia Sotomayor 50 strict constructionist 50 concurring opinion 50 Mikva 50 Justices Scalia 50 appellate 49 Ninth Circuit 49 David Tatel 49 Reagan appointee 49 Linda Greenhouse 49 Bader Ginsburg 49 Justice Clarence 49 Dahlia Lithwick 49 Judge Robert Bork 49 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 49 Frank Easterbrook 49 Berzon 49 Judge Emmet Sullivan 49 Laurence Tribe 48 appellate judges 48 originalism 48 Stephen Reinhardt 48 originalists 48 von Spakovsky 48 Grutter 48 Supreme Court Nominee 48 5th Circuit 48 Abner Mikva 48 Associate Justice 48 Justice Sonia Sotomayor 48 Michael Luttig 48 Clarence Thomas 47 Harry Blackmun 47 David Souter 47 Richard Posner 47 Supreme Court justices 47 Judge Sonia Sotomayor 47 Fifth Circuit 47 Calabresi 47 Cantil Sakauye 47 Seventh Circuit 47 SCOTUS 47 Antonio Carpio 47 David Sentelle 47 Margaret McKeown 46 Justice Samuel Alito 46 Acting Solicitor General 46 Antonin Scalia 46 Miguel Estrada 46 Solicitor General Kagan 46 Grutter v. Bollinger 46 PFAW 46 justices Antonin Scalia 46 Luttig 46 Pariente 46 Toobin 46 Justices 46 Samuel Alito 46 Dawn Johnsen 46 rehearing en banc 46 Fortas 46 strict constructionists 46 Ms. Miers 46 Benjamin Cardozo 46 Saletan 46 stare decisis 46 Ginsburg 45 Gonzales v. Carhart 45 Rehnquist