Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 58 Judge Samuel Alito 54 Janice Rogers 54 Priscilla Owen 54 conservative jurist 53 Judge Sonia Sotomayor 53 Samuel Alito 52 Judge Robert Bork 52 Clarence Thomas 51 Solicitor General Kagan 51 Alito 50 Sonia Sotomayor 50 Michael Luttig 49 Roger Wicker 49 judicial nominees 49 Dawn Johnsen 48 Elena Kagan 48 Judge Alito 48 Supreme Court Nominee 48 judicial confirmations 48 Sotomayor 47 H. Bork 47 5th Circuit 47 Judge Sotomayor 47 Chip Pickering 47 Harriet Miers 47 Harriet Miers nomination 47 SCOTUS 47 von Spakovsky 47 Brett Kavanaugh 46 Goodwin Liu 46 Justice William Rehnquist 46 Mukasey confirmation 46 Senator Trent Lott 46 Alito nomination 46 David Sentelle 46 strict constructionists 46 judicial nominations 46 Ms. Miers 46 judgeships 46 Antonin Scalia 46 Russ Feingold D Wis 45 Ronnie Musgrove 45 conservative jurists 45 Majority Leader Bill Frist 45 jurist 45 Jeff Sessions R-Ala. 45 nominee Samuel Alito 45 Reagan appointee 45 Rep. Roger Wicker 45 Fifth Circuit 45 filibuster 45 filibustering 45 Rehnquist 44 David Vitter 44 Merrick Garland 44 Justices Clarence 44 Alan Nunnelee 44 judgeship 44 William H. Rehnquist 44 Robert Bork 44 Rep. Chip Pickering 44 Justice Samuel Alito 44 Justice Rehnquist 44 nominee Sonia Sotomayor 44 William Rehnquist 44 Luttig 44 Hans von Spakovsky 44 Sen. Trent Lott 44 Sen. Roger Wicker 44 Sens. Thad Cochran 43 Sotomayor nomination 43 J. Harvie Wilkinson 43 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 43 Bennie Thompson 43 David Souter 43 Justice Breyer 43 judicial temperament 43 Mukasey nomination 43 strict constructionist 43 Miguel Estrada 43 Miers 42 nominee Harriet Miers 42 Justice Scalia 42 judicial appointments 42 Rep. Anh 42 Saxby Chambliss R 42 Plessy v. Ferguson 42 tech lynching 42 nominee 42 Cantil Sakauye 42 Mary Landrieu D 41 Bader Ginsburg 41 filibustered 41 Fortas 41 Senate Judiciary Committee 41 Kagan 41 Stephen Breyer 41 Supreme Court justices 41 David Souter Ruth 41 David H. Souter 41 Justice Clarence