Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 61 judicial nominees 58 Sonia Sotomayor 58 Samuel Alito 54 judicial nominations 52 Judge Alito 52 Harriet Miers 51 Alito 51 Elena Kagan 50 Clarence Thomas 50 Ruth Bader Ginsburg 49 Judge Sotomayor 48 Miers 47 filibuster 47 Sotomayor 47 5th Circuit 46 filibusters 46 filibustering 46 judicial activism 46 Solicitor General Elena Kagan 45 Kagan 45 judgeships 45 Antonin Scalia 44 John Cornyn 44 Sandra Day 43 Roe v. Wade 43 Fifth Circuit 43 Bork 42 David Souter 42 Supreme Court justices 41 recess appointment 41 cloture 41 confirmation hearings 41 Justice Sonia Sotomayor 41 Senate Judiciary Committee 41 Jeff Sessions 40 judgeship 40 nominee 40 Justice William Rehnquist 40 Justice Sandra 40 jurist 40 Supreme Court 40 justices 39 Cornyn 39 nominees 39 William H. Rehnquist 39 Rehnquist 38 solicitor general 38 nominee Sonia Sotomayor 37 Criminal Appeals 37 R Kan 37 Senate 37 Kay Bailey Hutchison 37 Associate Justice 37 partial birth 36 Roe vs. 36 Scalia 36 jurists 36 Thurgood Marshall 36 jurisprudence 36 Michael Mukasey 36 Olympia Snowe 36 Frist 36 appellate judges 36 Bill Frist R Tenn 36 Arlen Specter 36 Judiciary Committee 36 Terri Schiavo 35 Trent Lott 35 Justices 35 appellate 35 NARAL Pro Choice 35 Bill Frist 35 abortion 35 Justice Samuel Alito 35 appellate courts 35 Blanche Lincoln 34 senators 34 nominee Elena Kagan 34 Voting Rights Act 34 Alberto Gonzales 34 Ann Coulter 34 Sen. Patrick Leahy 34 Mukasey 34 9th Circuit Court 34 partisan bickering 34 GOP filibuster 34 Sen. Kay Bailey 33 conservatives 33 Justice Antonin Scalia 33 Sam Brownback 33 Justice Scalia 33 Republicans 33 Ginsburg 33 Tom DeLay 33 Kara DioGuardi 33 Sen. Sam Brownback 33 justice 33 republicans 32 affirmative action 32 immigration reform 32 confirmation