Sen. Jeff Sessions tells ABC News that no matter who President Obama nominates for the Supreme Court, Republicans will use the hearing to attack Obama, arguing that the president wants a judiciary that supports his political views.

"It's pretty clear to me that President Obama sees judges as allies in an effort to promote an agenda he thinks is best for the country," said Sessions, the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in an interview with ABC.

"What I'm hearing from my constituents is a cry that Washington is losing all recognition that it is a government of limited, delegated powers, and that it is assuming roles that go far beyond anything the governed ever thought that they would be doing," the Alabama Republican added.

Sessions said Republicans will seek the nominee's views on a new requirement that individuals buy health care insurance; property rights issues; gun rights; and Obama's attacks on the court's ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which threw out limits on corporate contributions to campaigns, according to ABC. Sessions added that it's "dangerous" that Obama has said he wants the nominee to consider how laws affect the lives of Americans.