2007-01-30 23:49:50 · 4 answers · asked by Past a diving Jeter! 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
It is typically the responsibility of the person who held the office of President during the previous year to give the State of the Union address. There is no law as to when it has be given, nor is there any law that it has to occur every year. The President is only required to give it "from time to time". It doesn't even have to be in person. From Jefferson until Wilson, it was a written and delivered to Congress to have a clerk read it out loud.
Article II, Section 3 of U.S. Constitution:
"He shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the State of the Union..."
2007-01-31 02:38:19 · answer #1 · answered by Mutt 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The new President does...by the time the date for "The State Of The Union" address comes around, the new President has already been sworn in and the old President is out.
Former Presidents do not give State Of The Union Speeches.
2007-01-31 01:10:52 · answer #2 · answered by MSJP 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Outgoing President
2007-01-30 23:58:01 · answer #3 · answered by Boomrat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
technically no one. the first year it is technically not a state of the union address but the incoming presidents inaugural address to congress. but it is usually referred to as a state of the union address.
2007-01-31 02:11:05 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. 210 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋