Just to get this on the record: Mike Nifong resigned as Durham DA this morning before a judge could remove him from office. Still having it his way, it seems. Why didn’t Judge Orlando Hudson remove him from office even with the resignation?:

Betty Tenn Lawrence, a lawyer for a Durham resident whose petition initiated the removal proceeding, argued that Hudson should order Nifong’s removal from office, despite his resignation. She said Nifong should be permanently removed to keep him from running again.

But Hudson said the chances of Nifong returning to the district attorney’s office were nil. “I do not think he will ever be elected for any position in the United States of America,” Hudson said. “Mr. Nifong is absolutely unelectable.”

I hope that’s true, but this is Durham.