Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 57 Judge Sonia Sotomayor 55 Sonia Sotomayor 51 Sotomayor 51 Elena Kagan 51 Judge Sotomayor 49 nominee Sonia Sotomayor 49 Supreme Court Nominee 49 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 48 Samuel Alito 48 Justice Elena Kagan 47 Antonin Scalia 47 Sotomayor nomination 47 Judge Samuel Alito 47 conservative jurist 46 SUPREME COURT 46 Judge Alito 46 Goodwin Liu 46 nominee Samuel Alito 45 Cantil Sakauye 45 Priscilla Owen 45 SCOTUS 44 Alito 43 Solicitor General Elena Kagan 43 Justice Sonia Sotomayor 43 Janice Rogers 42 Kagan 42 Senate Judiciary Committee 42 David Souter 42 Clarence Thomas 42 Sotomayor confirmation 41 judicial temperament 41 nominee Elena Kagan 41 Associate Justices 41 Miguel Estrada 40 Justices Clarence 40 Justice Rehnquist 40 judicial nominees 40 ATTORNEY GENERAL 40 confirmation hearings 40 Justice Samuel Alito 40 Justice Ruth Bader 40 Russ Feingold D Wis 40 stare decisis 40 HILLARY CLINTON 39 Brett Kavanaugh 39 originalist 39 nominee Harriet Miers 39 Confirmation hearings 39 strict constructionist 39 Ms. Miers 38 Stephen G. Breyer 38 strict constructionists 38 Justice Abdul Hameed 38 Justices Samuel Alito 38 solicitor general 38 Alito nomination 37 Stephen Breyer 37 Roxanne Conlin 37 Alito confirmation 37 Jeff Sessions R-Ala. 37 wise Latina woman 37 William H. Rehnquist 37 Supreme Court justices 37 Lee Yong hoon 37 overturn Roe v. Wade 37 Bork 37 Associate Justice 37 appellate 37 wise Latina 36 Reagan appointee 36 Sandra Day 36 Supreme Court 36 Harriet Miers 36 justices 36 Latina 36 Justice Breyer 36 Justices Antonin Scalia 36 Justice Clarence 36 District Judge Emmet 36 dissents 36 Luttig 36 Justices Stephen Breyer 36 Carl Levin D Mich 36 Justice Shirley Abrahamson 35 clerked 35 Saxby Chambliss R 35 Judiciary Committee 35 judgeship 35 THE WHITE HOUSE 35 Michael Luttig 35 Michael Mukasey 35 overturn Roe 35 Miers 35 BIDEN 35 Rehnquist 35 jurist 35 Justices 35 Chief Justice Reynato 35 David H. Souter 35 Utah Sen. Orrin 34 Justice RC Lahoti