[Dianna]

What I've heard is if Torch resigns then the appointee would automatically be on the ballot as the incumbent.

Is this wrong? That's what Napolitano said would happen. Still sounds unfair to me.

[NeoCaveman]

What I've heard is if Torch resigns then the appointee would automatically be on the ballot as the incumbent.

That is not a guarnantee, but it is a more likely route than the one that the Demonrats are going down....

[OldFriend]

Torch did NOT resign his seat...........he resigned from the campaign and petitioned the US Supremes to remove him from the ballot. There is no precedent for this at all and would subvert the electoral process. Of course, consider Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsberg are still on the Court.

[Torie]

Only the balance of the existing term. That dog won't hunt.