Illinois Democrat appeals corruption conviction to Supreme Court

Ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) is asking the Supreme Court to review his corruption conviction.  The longest-serving legislative leader in U.S. history was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for using his position to financially reward himself and political associates.  In his petition docketed

Ex-Speaker Michael Madigan petitions Supreme Court to hear corruption case  chicagotribune.com

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan took the long-awaited step Wednesday of asking the nation’s highest court to hear an appeal of the historic corruption conviction that could keep him behind bars until he is nearly 90 years old. The move comes three months after the federal appeals court in Chicago uphel

A landowner in Brandywine, Maryland, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear his lawsuit against Prince George's County, which barred him from digging a temporary well and sewers as he built a rural retirement home.