constitution-article-ii-section-3

The Constitution of the United States of America

Article II, Section 3

Introduction:

Article II, Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution outlines the responsibilities of the President regarding the State of the Union. It mandates that the President must periodically give Congress information on the state of the nation and recommend measures they find necessary and expedient. Additionally, this section allows the President to convene both Houses of Congress on extraordinary occasions and to adjourn them if they cannot agree on adjournment. This provision emphasizes the President's role in legislative communication and the functioning of the government.

Actual Text:

“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. ”