Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 50 Judge Sotomayor 47 New Haven Conn. 45 Sotomayor 45 Appellate Division 45 DeStefano 45 SDNY 45 SCOTUS 44 Title VII 43 per curiam 43 Kelo 43 v. 42 Supreme Court 42 rulings 41 Sotomayor nomination 41 Judge Sonia Sotomayor 41 Ninth Circuit 41 concurring opinion 40 amicus brief 40 Appellate Court 40 AD2d 40 stare decisis 40 Appellate 40 Seventh Circuit 40 Equal Protection 40 Judge Alito 39 Prop 8 39 appellate 39 appellate court 39 en banc 39 v. Ashcroft 39 wise Latina 39 recusal 39 Partial Birth Abortion Ban 39 dissenting opinion 39 marriage equality 39 Ricci 39 & Lesbian Advocates 38 FDNY 38 NY2d 38 granting summary judgment 38 Sonia Sotomayor 38 Justice Ruth Bader 38 affirmative action 38 Puerto Rican Legal 38 racial preferences 38 Tenth Circuit 38 Supreme Judicial 38 Fifth Circuit 38 v. Gore 38 Roe v. Wade 38 oral arguments 37 dissents 37 appellate courts 37 Alito 37 justices 37 Justice Breyer 37 appellate judges 37 USERRA 37 DOMA 37 dispositive 37 Justices 37 Associate Justice 37 gay marriage 37 internal quotation marks 37 Gay Marriage 37 Justice Sonia Sotomayor 37 A.2d 36 legalized gay marriage 36 Cicilline 36 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 36 legalized abortion 36 juror misconduct 36 Justices Samuel Alito 36 Clarence Thomas 36 gender discrimination 36 plaintiffs 36 sex marriage 36 legalizing gay marriage 36 Appeals 36 racial minorities 36 Proposition 8 36 Prop. 8 36 Scheindlin 36 Solomon Amendment 36 Ibid. 36 judicial activism 35 wise Latina woman 35 discrimination 35 Cal.3d 35 certiorari 35 Sixth Circuit 35 litigant 35 et al v. 35 AD3d 35 5th Circuit 35 9th Circuit 35 civil unions 35 Samuel Alito 35 Justice Elena Kagan 35 prosecutorial misconduct 35 litigated