Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 59 confirmation hearings 57 Sotomayor 54 Judge Sotomayor 53 Judge Alito 51 Senate Judiciary Committee 50 Alito 49 Sonia Sotomayor 49 Judge Sonia Sotomayor 48 Alito nomination 48 Sotomayor nomination 48 Elena Kagan 48 Judiciary Committee 47 Mukasey nomination 47 Alito confirmation 46 Samuel Alito 46 oral arguments 46 judicial nominees 46 KWAME HOLMAN 46 David Souter 45 Blagojevich retrial 45 Justice Sonia Sotomayor 45 Senate 45 Sotomayor confirmation 45 Hearings 44 Kagan 44 hearings 44 Miers nomination 44 STEPHANOPOULOS 44 judicial nominations 44 strict constructionist 44 lame duck session 44 overturn Roe v. Wade 44 Rehnquist 43 Judge Samuel Alito 43 Senate Judiciary 43 nominee Sonia Sotomayor 43 Roe v. Wade 43 Mukasey 43 Patrick Leahy D Vt 43 senator 43 Majority Leader Harry Reid 42 Sen. Patrick Leahy 42 gay marriage 42 nominee Samuel Alito 42 cloture vote 42 stare decisis 42 Oral arguments 42 Cornyn 42 COLMES 42 Ms. Miers 42 DADT repeal 42 senators 42 HANNITY 42 impeachment hearings 42 SCOTUS 41 William H. Rehnquist 41 Easter recess 41 Iowa Caucuses 41 RUSSERT 41 wise Latina 41 Specter 41 judicial filibusters 41 Justice Breyer 41 Republicans 41 Sen. Dianne Feinstein D-Calif. 41 Senator Olympia Snowe 40 Chairman Patrick Leahy 40 NBC Tim Russert 40 Justice Rehnquist 40 debate 40 Democrats 40 deliberations 40 marriage equality 40 Antonin Scalia 40 nominee Elena Kagan 40 Supreme Court justices 40 Justice Samuel Alito 40 Supreme Court 40 judicial temperament 40 Clarence Thomas 40 Majority Leader Bill Frist 40 weeks SailingOne 40 Election Day 39 Legislature reconvenes 39 Ingmar Guandique 39 Justice Ruth Bader 39 filibuster 39 midterm elections 39 Legislature adjourns 39 legalizing gay marriage 39 BLITZER 39 Closing Arguments 39 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 39 Sen. Lindsey Graham 39 hearing 39 Justice Elena Kagan 39 Speaker Hastert 39 Miers 39 Wasserman Schultz 39 Brownback 39 Megyn Kelly