This law is ridiculous and will not stand. Otherwise, the governor could appoint Senators indefinitely into the future, so long as he got the Senator to resign within 30 days before an election. That way, a party that controls the Governorship could control the Senate seat theoretically forever.
It's similar to the Civil Rights Commission flap that we just went through. The rats will lose--if the courts follow the law, which is not a sure thing.
I got five dollars that says Torricelli fake cries.