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Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) rallied the conservative legal troops at the Federalist Society’s National Lawyer Convention in Washington this morning.

Jeff Sessions (Getty Images)

With Republicans out of power, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee acknowledged conservatives “find ourselves at a legal crossroads.” Then he attacked new Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and David Hamilton, President Barack Obama’s nominee for the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, for what he described as their liberal stances.

“Americans want judges in the mold of Alexander Hamilton, not David Hamilton,” Sessions said.

The Alabama senator also voted against Sotomayor’s confirmation in August.

Sessions said President George W. Bush tapped judges who were “principled, competent and faithful to the law.” He added: ”The current administration, I fear, doesn’t share that same commitment to fair and objective decision making.”