Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 59 Priscilla Owen 57 judicial nominees 55 Janice Rogers 53 judicial nominations 52 judgeships 52 filibustered 50 Supreme Court justices 49 filibusters 49 Supreme Court Justices 49 justices 49 Sens. Sam Brownback 48 Alito nomination 48 Brett Kavanaugh 48 Confirmation hearings 48 Mukasey confirmation 47 dissenting justices 47 judicial appointments 47 conservative jurist 47 Supreme Court 47 Samuel Alito 47 Gay Marriage Ban 47 SCOTUS 47 Justices Stephen Breyer 47 strict constructionists 47 Criminal Appeals 47 Russ Feingold D Wis 46 Judge Alito 46 appellate judges 46 renominated 46 filibuster 46 overturn Roe v. Wade 45 Clarence Thomas 45 Robert Bork 45 SUPREME COURT 45 Associate Justices 45 Alito 45 Miguel Estrada 45 v. Gore 45 judicial filibusters 45 appellate courts 44 Justices 44 Goodwin Liu 44 Appeals 44 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 44 filibustering 44 Judge Samuel Alito 44 5th Circuit 44 senators 44 Michael Luttig 44 renominate 43 Justices Samuel Alito 43 judicial activism 43 Majority Leader Bill Frist 43 originalist 43 Sens. Russ Feingold 43 recess appointments 43 Filibuster 43 Stephen Breyer 42 von Spakovsky 42 Senate Judiciary Committee 42 Antonin Scalia 42 Justice Clarence 42 Fifth Circuit 42 Sonia Sotomayor 42 overturn Roe 42 Associate Justice 42 nominee 42 Alito confirmation 42 nominees 41 rulings 41 Solicitor General Ted 41 Supreme Courts 41 Terrence Boyle 41 KWAME HOLMAN 41 Judge Sonia Sotomayor 41 Reagan appointee 41 Judiciary Committee 41 oral arguments 41 judgeship 41 Judicial Selection 41 Miers 41 v. FEC 41 ATTORNEY GENERAL 41 solicitor general 41 pardon Libby 41 procedural maneuvers 41 recess appointment 41 Republicans 41 Gay Marriage 41 dissents 41 Rehnquist 40 recusals 40 9th Circuit 40 feeding tube reinserted 40 stare decisis 40 appeals court 40 Justice William Rehnquist 40 invoke cloture 40 Partial Birth Abortion Ban 40 overturning Roe v. Wade 40 William Rehnquist