Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 59 Cantil Sakauye 53 Laurence Silberman 53 Judge Merrick Garland 52 Judicial Nomination 51 Janice Rogers 50 appointee 50 conservative jurist 49 LCCR 49 conservative jurists 49 Deukmejian 49 Emilio Garza 49 Von Spakovsky 49 Merrick Garland 49 Felix Frankfurter 49 separate concurring opinion 48 Maura Corrigan 48 renominating 48 Barry Albin 48 renominate 48 strict constructionists 48 Superior Court judgeship 48 Justices Clarence 48 Michael Yaki 48 Zazzali 47 Hunstein 47 Solicitor General Kagan 47 justices 47 Leslie Southwick 47 Abner Mikva 47 Abe Fortas 47 Bar Assn 47 Carolyn Kuhl 47 justices Antonin Scalia 47 appellate judges 47 Justice Peggy Quince 47 Yvette McGee 47 intermediate appellate 47 judgeship 47 Judge Wendell Griffen 47 J. Harvie Wilkinson 46 jurist 46 judgeships 46 MetNews 46 Judith Ann Lanzinger 46 Roel Campos 46 judicial appointments 46 Bader Ginsburg 46 BY SCOTT WUERZ 46 Reagan appointee 46 Andrew Pugno 46 Associate Justices 46 Judicial Selection Commission 45 Judicial Appointments 45 statewide officeholder 45 Howard Yune Appeal 45 Brett Kavanaugh 45 BY ELIZABETH DONALD 45 nominee 45 David Souter Ruth 45 Verniero 45 Gov. Marc Racicot 45 Edith Clement 45 Labarga 45 conservative Federalist Society 44 professor Cass Sunstein 44 Judicial Selection 44 De Muniz 44 appointees 44 Michael Luttig 44 David Tatel 44 Pedro Nava 44 appellate 44 nonpartisans 44 circuit judgeship 44 Gov. George Deukmejian 44 M. Blane 44 Ming Chin 44 uphold Roe v. 44 constitutionalist 44 officeholder 44 Supreme Court justices 44 9th Circuit 44 justices Stephen Breyer 44 strongly worded dissent 43 Lieutenant Governor Cruz Bustamante 43 nonlawyer 43 Poritz 43 Justice Maura Corrigan 43 Sen. Dianne Feinstein 43 fiscally conservative socially 43 American Judicature Society 43 Judge Bork 43 Mary Fairhurst 43 judicial canons 43 gubernatorial appointee 43 originalists 43 Mikva 43 Antonin Scalia 43 Hoffenblum 43 Merit Selection 43 BY STEVE KORTE