If he picked a center of right (i.e. Constitutional leaning) justice, the left would rip him to shreds. They don’t want compromise.... and, neither does he.
This point about liberalism needs to be drilled into the heads of everyone on this board and those elected officials who claim to be our representatives.
To use a Star Trek reference, liberalism is like the Borg. They will keep coming and coming and coming and coming. They don't quit.