To: dvwjr
A bit wrong here. A State of the Union address was never mandated by the Constitution. A written form (which could be made in the form of a speech) was mentioned in the Constitution... Yup, you're right. I don't even have to look it up. :)
My point was though, that that reporting is one of the few mandated specific duties.
80 posted on
02/16/2006 5:15:37 PM PST by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: lepton
< href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1580104/posts">Checked and Unbalanced - George Will’s diatribe against the NSA program is meritless.
"As a reverent admirer of George Will, it pains me to say that his diatribe today against the National Security Agency's terrorist-surveillance program ..."
82 posted on
02/16/2006 5:53:17 PM PST by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
To: lepton
83 posted on
02/16/2006 5:53:41 PM PST by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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