The Constitution (Article 2, Section 3) requires him to "from time to time give to the Congress information on the state of the Union". This does not have to be an annual event, but has become so by custom and it does not have to be a speech,
but that is what people expect now and it gets great press coverage so it has become a political necessity.
The Constitution dictates that the President "...shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the State of the Union..." (Article II, Section 3)
This requirement has evolved into the tradition of the annual State of the Union speech. In reality, what we do today is completely unnecessary, as the normal considerably interaction and consultation that goes on between Congress and the Office of the President would more than suffice to fulfill the Constitutional requirement. It's just a nice tradition (and, a great way to make a policy speech to a captive audience).
The President of the United States gives a State of the Union Address so that we can sit and listen to all the things that he has done and is about to do, most of which we have no control over. HENCE, driving us all insane.
The purpose of an inagural address is for the newly elected president to give his vision of America and to set goals for the nation.Ê The address happens after the Chief Justice of The Supreme Court swears him into office.
It says in the constitution that the president must give such a speech, addressing the congress once a year to inform them of how the country is progressing under his leadership.
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The annual speech given by the president to update Congress and the people is called the State of the Union address.
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state of the union
The annual speech that the president gives to the congress is known as the State of the Union. The speech allows presidents to report the condition of the nation and to outline their legislative agenda and priorities.
he gave it on January the president was brack Obama
State of the Union
It is called the state of the union address.
The president, who heads the executive branch of government, makes a state of the union address to Congress every year.
the State of the Union Address
This is called the state of the union address or message.
The State of the Union Address is an annual speech or presentation that is given by the President of the United States to the United States Congress.
No. The Constitution merely requires that the President "from time to time" inform Congress as to the state of the union. It does not have to be a speech, and in fact every President from Thomas Jefferson until Woodrow Wilson submitted the state of the union in a letter to Congress. The speech traditionally takes place annually, but this is not constitutionally required.