It is, to say the least, an interesting objection: Opponents of U.S. Attorney General nominee (and Alabama Sen.) Jeff Sessions insist he is disqualified from leading the nation’s law enforcement because … he’s too committed to enforcing laws that conform to the Constitution.

The mortal blow against Mr. Sessions’ nomination is supposed to be the fact that, while attorney general for Alabama, he tried to block state funding for a gathering of the Southeastern Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual College Conference on the University of Alabama campus 20 years ago.