Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 51 Janice Rogers 50 Samuel Alito 50 David Souter 49 Solicitor General Elena Kagan 48 Priscilla Owen 48 Antonin Scalia 48 Stephen G. Breyer 48 Clarence Thomas 46 David H. Souter 46 Alito 46 Harriet Miers 45 Miers 44 Elena Kagan 44 William Rehnquist 44 Judge Samuel Alito 44 Robert Bork 44 Justice Clarence 43 William H. Rehnquist 43 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 43 Scalia 43 Kagan 43 Terrence Boyle 43 Justice Antonin Scalia 43 Alberto Gonzales 42 Judge Sonia Sotomayor 42 Justice William Rehnquist 42 Justice Samuel Alito 42 Miguel Estrada 42 Rehnquist 42 Souter 42 Sonia Sotomayor 42 Fifth Circuit 41 Justice Breyer 41 Leahy D Vt 41 Judge Alito 41 Judge Sotomayor 41 SCOTUS 40 strict constructionist 40 judgeships 40 Justices Antonin Scalia 40 5th Circuit 40 Associate Justice 40 Justice Scalia 39 nominee Samuel Alito 39 judicial nominations 39 Miers nomination 39 Justice Rehnquist 39 Justice Sandra 39 Brinkema 39 Sotomayor 38 recess appointment 38 Mukasey 38 Sixth Circuit 38 Majority Leader Bill Frist 38 judicial nominees 38 Justice Thurgood Marshall 38 Counsel Harriet Miers 38 Ginsburg 38 appellate judges 38 Stephen Breyer 38 judicial temperament 38 Alberto R. 38 judgeship 37 Ms. Miers 37 Justice Sonia Sotomayor 37 Evan Bayh 37 Sen. Trent Lott 37 recess appointments 37 Zell Miller 37 Carl Tobias 37 counsel Harriet Miers 37 Sandra Day 37 O'Connor 37 Jay Bybee 37 dissents 37 Richard Posner 36 Justice Elena Kagan 36 Schlozman 36 justices 36 confirmation hearings 36 appointee 36 Michael Mukasey 36 solicitor general 36 Roehrkasse 36 Roger Wicker 36 Justices Samuel Alito 36 appellate 36 appellate courts 36 Porter Goss 36 Reggie Walton 36 stare decisis 35 dissenting opinion 35 Allen R Va 35 Solicitor General Theodore 35 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell 35 Justices Stephen Breyer 35 Roberts 35 John Cornyn 35 Appeals 35 appointees 35 James Clapper