Changes, Good or Bad?

Justice Stevens has stepped down from his post on the Supreme Court. This will be interesting to see how Obama handles the next appointment and how the republicans respond to Obama's appointment. I am in favor of another man like Stevens, not necessarily like him in beliefs but like him in the fact that he had set views and would not change them. Even though when Ford appointed him to the Court Stevens was a Republican, today he is considered a liberal. This is because he set his opinions and has never changed them, even though both parties have changed their ideals, he has kept his the same. This I respect, now I have never agreed with his stance on abortion or his ideas about freedom of speech, and I am hoping that Obama appoints someone who is not really associated with a party. By that I mean someone who has not either campaigned for a office before or helped in any way a campaign. Because as a Judge it is not your job to think about whether or not your party will like your choice, that is why they are appointed for life. So hopefully we get a judge with a good moral compass and a mentality like Stevens that no matter what they go with what they feel is right.