SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Attorney General Lisa M. Madigan makes two chief arguments to the state’s Supreme Court in a case dealing with state worker paychecks.One is that by continuing to sign off on the paychecks without a budget, the state is committing an unconstitutional act.The other is that it would be harmful to put off that conclusion much longer.That’s why the attorney general is asking the court to take the case quickly. And while it’s in an unusual position as far as appeals go, the office …