Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan argued the pay-to-play criminal charges against Blagojevich call into question virtually every action he takes as governor.
On Wednesday, LisaMadigan dismissed the notion that waiting for a decision on a Supreme Court appeal was a political maneuver related to her campaign plans.
Gov. Pat Quinn, House Speaker Mike Madigan, Senate President John Cullerton, Attorney General LisaMadigan and Secretary of State Jesse White are all Democrats from Chicago.
Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan has said she will wait to see what the state legislature does before deciding whether to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.
Earlier Thursday, Illinois Attorney General LisaMadigan said she is prepared to go to the Illinois Supreme Court to have Blagojevich declared unfit to serve if he does not resign.
But Attorney General LisaMadigan said she prefers to wait and see whether lawmakers craft a new law this spring that would allow the concealed carry of weapons, as the federal appeals court ordered them to do.