Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 67 Sonia Sotomayor 63 Judge Sonia Sotomayor 63 Elena Kagan 61 Judge Samuel Alito 60 Samuel Alito 60 Sotomayor 60 Judge Sotomayor 58 Alito 58 Judge Alito 55 nominee Samuel Alito 55 Justice Sonia Sotomayor 54 Antonin Scalia 54 nominee Elena Kagan 53 nominee Sonia Sotomayor 52 Ms. Miers 52 Clarence Thomas 51 Sandra Day 51 David Souter 51 judicial temperament 51 originalist 50 Kagan 50 confirmation hearings 50 SCOTUS 49 nominee Harriet Miers 49 strict constructionist 49 Miers 49 Solicitor General Elena Kagan 49 Harriet Miers 48 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 48 Priscilla Owen 48 Rehnquist 48 jurist 47 Goodwin Liu 47 Justice Samuel Alito 46 Justice Rehnquist 46 Justice Scalia 46 Justice Breyer 46 Mukasey 46 Alito nomination 46 Sotomayor nomination 45 William Rehnquist 45 Robert Bork 45 Bork 45 Scalia 45 Supreme Court justices 45 judicial nominees 45 William H. Rehnquist 45 Michael Mukasey 45 Sotomayor confirmation 45 Justice Elena Kagan 45 Janice Rogers 44 Miers nomination 44 Justice William Rehnquist 44 Justice Clarence 44 Alito confirmation 44 judicial activism 44 Justice Thurgood Marshall 43 originalism 43 Justice Sandra 43 Stephen Breyer 42 Chaz Bono 42 Laurence Tribe 42 overturn Roe v. Wade 42 judicial nominations 42 temperament 42 Supreme Court Justices 41 B. Mukasey 41 Souter 41 Alberto Gonzales 41 Caroline Kennedy 41 Stephen G. Breyer 41 Mukasey nomination 41 stare decisis 41 judicial appointments 41 Reagan appointee 41 wise Latina 41 Monica Goodling 41 Rahm Emanuel 40 Ellen DeGeneres 40 Justice Antonin Scalia 40 Breyer 40 Thurgood Marshall 40 Justice Ruth Bader 40 Senate Judiciary Committee 40 Buttiglione 40 Sen. Arlen Specter 39 Cornyn 39 Toobin 39 Ellen Goodman 39 Michael Luttig 39 Roland Burris 39 judgeships 39 Barack Obama 39 Rivera Soto 39 Louis Brandeis 39 Miguel Estrada 39 Hiram Monserrate 39 J. Lo 39 President Barack Obama 39 Roe v. Wade 39 EJ Dionne Jr.