is half of the 2nd Amendment

He submits SOTU in the form of a letter to Congress and then gives the speech itself in one of those places.

The letter fulfills the constitutional requirement.

Those GOPers invited him to give his State of the Union address. That's not possible. It's just a speech unless it is given to Congress.

But to 95% of Americans that speech IS the SOTU.

That random speech does NOT satisfy the requirement of the Constitution.

Mine doesn't have it.

Section 3.

He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articleii#section3

And very incorrect. The majority of U.S. presidents never gave what we now call SOTU addresses. Were they violating the Constitution? The Constitution does not say anything about what form the "information" takes or how it is communicated. Every WH sends letters and personnel to Congress every DAY about government activities. So that section is satisfied 365 days a year.

You apparently did not bother to read what I wrote.

But I read the Constitution and you have a different edition than mine....

1. Do you dispute the quoted Article II, Section 3 as being correct?
1.1. If yes, which part?

2. What part of my statements do you dispute?
For your convenience:

Trumputin can give any speech anywhere he's invited to do so, but it does not satisfy the Constitution as "the state of the union" unless given to Congress. That information does not have to be in the form of a speech, but it must be given to Congress, and that's both House and Senate, not some random State's legislature.

Modern White Houses are constantly giving information about the country to Congress. What we call the SOTU is simply political theater and has been for decades. The Constitution does not require a formal speech or even a formal letter. That section of the Constitution was written to prevent the Executive branch from completely cutting itself off from Congress. Nobody does that. If you want to interpret it totally different than everyone else in politics so be it and have fun. Have a nice evening.

Which part of "That information does not have to be in the form of a speech" did you fail to understand?

You really should read before you attempt to refute. This avoids attempting to refute arguments that are only imagined.

It has always been clear that a single, annual State of the Union address is not required by the Constitution. The Constitution clearly states "from time to time" and "give to the Congress information". The modern convention of a speech before a joint session does satisfy the requirements, but is not the only way.

All poodles are dogs, but not all dogs are poodles.

A speech by the president, in front of some state legislature, does not satisfy the Constitutional requirement for presenting information to the Congress about the state of the union. Therefore, in the OP, those state legislators inviting the president to give his "State of the Union address" before them is an oxymoron -- it cannot be what they wish to label it.


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Sorry, forgot your closing. Thank you for both the discussion and the wish for a nice evening. May yours be good, too.

constitution. Oh wait...

NOT.

I would give anything to be able to afford to move out of this damn state!

57% unfavorability

Makes me feel some better! I wish we would go blue and STAY BLUE!

What the HELL?!?! Those congressional bastards tried stripping the incoming dems power, and now they invite the orange shitgibbon here to do his standard stump speech, gussied up as a SOTU? Fuck this shit.....

Hopefully 2020 will be their extinction.

he'll jump on it. WTF.

Everyone loves a Russian ass-et.

Weird who's going to protect his ass?? Shutdown in progress.

For example the SCOTUS justices, other federal judges, military leaders and Pentagon officials, they should all boycott this. We can't stop Trump's cabinet flunkies from going, I guess

We will show up to protest...in large numbers.

Seriously this is how a raccoon eats garbage