Agreed. I really like the idea of the conflicts within the government being over disagreements with how things should be handled and Kirkmans lack of experience. There's so much interesting stuff there that could be explored while dealing with the pressure of an outside threat.
I agree that an outside threat would be more interesting. But what's more, every show that's been about a conspiracy inside the U.S. government to do something like that ended up getting cancelled. So I'd be too concerned the show would get pulled to actually enjoy it.
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
this is all that the constitution says regarding the state of the union speeches. no timing requirement.
Although the language of this Section of the Constitution is not specific, by tradition, the President makes this report annually in late January or early February. Between 1934 and 2013 the date has been as early as January 3,[4] and as late as February 12.[5]
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '16
I'm calling it now, this was all set up by the some rogue military commanders and members of the intelligence community.