Pumps' Perplexities

My morning newspaper had a headline with referred to
Justice O'Connor as "Wielding Clout From The Center"....

Is not this the sign of a good judge....

No one is completely to the right and no one is completely
to the left....Life's existence in ALWAYS in the middle,
because on either extreme one does not compromise....
Case in point is a Socialist, which becomes a financial
Conservative after his/her bankruptcy proceedings...
Question, is the Socialist now still a true Socialist?.....

A good judge should ALWAYS be in the "center"...Just as
Solomon....The problem is that there is more "money"
in play these days, regarding judgeships, than "honesty"...
Pumps