Jeff Sessions actually said...

"I believe the values you express in your writings indicate that you have a very activist view of the role of a judge."

"I consider them to be the most advanced statement of the activist judicial philosophy that I have seen."

"I do believe that is a serious defect--I mean, a serious lack, at least, in any judge who goes on a court one step below the Supreme Court."

"Well, who would find within that document a source of substantive rights? Legislatures do not need to use the Citizenship Clause to pass a welfare bill."