Her main split from Obama was on the issue of marijuana. She said definitively that she does not support legalization and appeared to take a tougher stand than the president on enforcement.

Sessions quoted Obama saying, “I don’t think it’s more dangerous than alcohol.”

“Well, senator I certainly don’t hold that view and don’t agree with that view of marijuana,” Lynch responded. “I certainly think that the president was speaking from his personal experience and personal opinion, neither of which I’m able to share, but I can tell you that … I not only do no support legalization, it’s not the position of the Department of Justice currently to support the legalization.”

That position might play well among the panel’s Republican members. But judging from their demeanor on Wednesday, she appears to have little to worry about on that front.