CHICAGO (CBS) – Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned from Congress on Wednesday, but was just re-elected to a 10th term earlier this month, and had not yet been sworn in for the new term, which raises an interesting question.
WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports, according to at least two election law experts, technically speaking, Jackson could still be sworn in with the next Congress in January, since he resigned from his existing term, but had just been re-elected to a new one.
“It is my view that the resignation letter that he sent in is not a resignation from the term to which he’s just been elected,” Chicago election lawyer Richard Means said. ...More HERE
