[Timesink]

This is just the prelude. He will rsign in two weeks and the Gov. will try to cancel the election.

Won't work. Direct violation of the public's Seventeenth Amendment right to elect their own Senators. The election MUST be held on November 5. If McGreevey attempts a cancellation, Forrester might as well go ahead and start measuring his Senate office for new carpets.

[larlaw]

I agree. Although the New Jersey statute appears to allow for McGreasy to appoint another Senator if the Torch resigns and postpone the November election, the statute directly runs afoul of the United States Constitution and federal statutes, which would take precedence. It might, however, result in the case ending up in the federal court system and the SCOTUS at some point.

Something everyone should keep in mind as this case originates in the New Jersey Surpeme Court is that although the New Jersey Supreme Court has a large majority of justices appointed by Republican Governors, they are NOT in any way, shape or form conservatives. In fact, they don't even approach RINO status on the ideological scale...

[LisaFab]

You are correct. Forrester:

"..no one has the right to re-write the law because he is losing in the public opinion polls..

This is Vogel on FOX. He is the one who wrote the email advising that Torch must forfeit. He is the General Counsel for the NRSC. Read it here.