Does Sotomayor's lack of a specific stance on abortion trouble you?

no, because her personal stance has no place in her rulings and opinions as a Justice on the court. They Justixces are supose to base rulings and opinions entirely on the constitution of the united states. If she is able to do that, than no problem. As far as taking a stance on Roe v Wade, the stance would have to be based on legality and constitutionality, not her opinion on abortion itself. R v W was a 10th amendment issue and a travesty to state's rights. The propper way to have dealt with the issue would have been a constitutional amendment rather than an ilegal court ruling.

I'm happy with her nomination so far. I don't actually recall any of the more recent nominees for the Supreme Court having any rulings related to abortion either but I have no doubt, no matter what they say, the President making the appointments have known where their nominees stood on that issue. Of course, they can always change their minds if the case comes before them but does anyone really doubt George W. Bush knew Roberts and Alito were anti-choice when he picked them? I'm equally sure Obama knows Sotomayor is pro-choice or at least I'd guess he's fairly confident she wouldn't be in favor of overturning Roe v Wade altogether. Annie