Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 52 judicial nominees 51 Harriet Miers 49 Clarence Thomas 49 judicial nominations 48 Judge Sotomayor 48 Sotomayor 48 Samuel Alito 47 Sonia Sotomayor 47 Judge Sonia Sotomayor 47 Kagan 45 solicitor general 45 Judge Alito 45 5th Circuit 45 filibustered 44 Alberto Gonzales 44 Alito 43 Elena Kagan 42 confirmation hearings 42 Miers 41 Mukasey 41 Michael Mukasey 41 filibustering 41 filibuster 40 filibusters 40 Justice Sonia Sotomayor 40 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 40 Alan Keyes 40 Bork 40 David Souter 40 Solicitor General Elena Kagan 40 Alberto Gonzalez 40 Jose Padilla 40 recess appointment 39 Senate Judiciary Committee 39 Mel Martinez 38 counsel Harriet Miers 38 v. Gore 38 Antonin Scalia 38 appellate 38 Cornyn 38 John Cornyn 38 Justice Samuel Alito 38 Rehnquist 38 judicial appointments 37 William H. Rehnquist 37 Judiciary Committee 37 Thurgood Marshall 37 justices 37 Supreme Court 37 cloture 37 judgeships 37 Justice Scalia 37 nominee Sonia Sotomayor 36 Solicitor General 36 Justice Antonin Scalia 36 Fifth Circuit 36 Gonzales 36 DREAM Act 36 jurist 36 judgeship 36 Minority Leader Mitch McConnell 36 Roland Burris 36 Bill Frist R Tenn 36 nominee 35 Senator Lindsey Graham 35 Janet Reno 35 Latina 35 Harvard Law 35 Supreme Court justices 35 Majority Leader Bill Frist 35 Sen. Jim DeMint 35 Seventh Circuit 35 RS.C. 35 Justice William Rehnquist 35 Edward Kennedy 34 Reid D Nev 34 Bill Frist 34 Scalia 34 Karl Rove 34 Voting Rights Act 34 Roe v. Wade 34 Sen. Lindsey Graham 34 Congressional Black Caucus 34 Sen. Jon Kyl 34 senators 34 Frist 34 Trent Lott 34 Senate 34 Ted Kennedy 34 Hispanic 34 renominated 34 Jeff Sessions 33 Daschle 33 Padilla 33 Hispanics 33 Schindlers 33 immigration reform 33 Harry Reid D Nev 33 Stephen Breyer 33 habeas 33 warrantless surveillance