State of Union itself mandated in U.S. Constitution.
Delaware was the firs state to sign the U-S Constitution.
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New Jersey was the second state (after Delaware) to ratify the new US Constitution in 1789.
The Louisiana Purchase and the State of the Union address.
The state of the country under the Articles of Confederation
State of Union itself mandated in U.S. Constitution.
There is no requirement for State of the Union addresses in the Constitution. These addresses are at the discretion of each respective President and his or her cabinets.
Once a state of the Union you are protected by the Constitution
I'm not sure you can properly call it a "union" if there's only one state in it, but Delaware was the first state to ratify the US constitution.By the same logic, Pennsylvania (the second state to ratify the US constitution) wasn't really joining a union but forming one (with Delaware).The third state to ratify the constitution (New Jersey) was therefore the first state that can unambigously be said to have joined an existing union of other states.In practice, though, the Union is considered an ideal that existed as of the creation of the Constitution, and each state that ratified the constitution was joining that (hypothetical) union, so Delaware is really the first.
In the constitution it says the President must address the congress over the State Of The Union once a year.
The state of the union address (or report) to Congress is required from time to time by the Constitution. Until Woodrow Wilson, the Presidents delivered their state of the union reports in writing,
The State of the Union Address (or report) to Congress is required from time to time by the Constitution. Until Woodrow Wilson, the Presidents delivered their state of the union reports in writing,
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Delaware was the firs state to sign the U-S Constitution.
The U. S. Constitution (established in 1789) expressly states that the President is anually required to deliver to Congress news "...of the State of the Union..."
Yes. In the Constitution, an annual state of the union address is explicitly listed as one of the president's job duties.