House Speaker Mike Johnson denies request for Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol, citing precedent
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The late Rev. Jesse Jackson will not lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, after a request for the commemoration was denied by the House Speaker Mike Johnson's office due to past precedent. Nikole Killion contributed to this report. In:
The late Rev. Jesse Jackson will not lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, after a request for the commemoration was denied by the House Speaker Mike Johnson's office due to past precedent.
Jackson's family asked to have the civil rights leader's remains lie in honor at the Capitol, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News. One source said the decision to deny their request was due to the fact that the ritual is typically reserved for select military and government officials, pointing to previous requests that were denied for other high profile figures, such as conservative activist Charlie Kirk and former Vice President Dick Cheney.
Johnson's office confirmed the decision to the Associated Press.
The civil rights leader died this week at the age of 84. The family and some House Democrats had filed a request for Jackson to be honored at the U.S. Capitol.
There is no specific rule about who qualifies for the honor, a decision that is controlled by concurrence from both the House and Senate. Amid the country's political divisions, there have been flareups over who is memorialized at the Capitol with a service to lie in state, or honor, in the Rotunda. During such events, the public is generally allowed to visit the Capitol and pay their respects.
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