Orrin Hatch actually said...

"I am worried about the idea of legal progressivism. I think that's a pernicious philosophy."

"Americans believe that you only govern with the consent of the governed and we have not consented to be governed by Europe or any other advanced nation."

"I do not see how anyone can justify a citation to actions outside the country as any authority whatsoever to define what Americans have done."

"It's even beyond that."