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Blago Case Goes to Supreme Court
CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to delay his corruption trial.

Attorney Michael Ettinger, who represents the former governor's brother, Wednesday confirmed the request for a delay was filed with Justice John Paul Stevens..

Blagojevich and his brother, Robert Blagojevich, are due to go on trial starting June 3.

Their lawyers say it should be delayed until the high court decides if the federal honest-services fraud law is constitutional. The former governor faces some charges based on that law.

The trial judge and the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals already have refused to delay the trial.

Blagojevich has pleaded not guilty to scheming to sell or trade President Barack Obama's former Senate seat.

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05 20 10 by Newsroom
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