Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre’s alleged role in a wide-ranging welfare fraud scandal has taken him from his home state of Mississippi to Capitol Hill, where he testified in front of Congress on Tuesday4.

Mississippi Today is appealing the judge's decision with the Mississippi Supreme Court, arguing that the order is unconstitutional. But, Ganacheau writes, the appeal is "politically perilous," with four of the court's justices having been appointed by the former governor himself.

A little more than a year ago, a young reporter named Anna Wolfe was the talk of this town and of journalism for a series of stories that won her the coveted Pulitzer Prize. She was invited to an exclusive dinner at the Washington home of legendary reporter Bob Woodward.

Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre's alleged role in a wide-ranging welfare fraud scandal has taken him from his home state of Mississippi to Capitol Hill, where he testified in front of Congress on Tuesday,