It's Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022.

I'm Albert Moller and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Article 2, Section 3, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the United States calls for the

President of the United States from time to time to

to quote 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."

Now for most of American history, this State of the Union report or advisement from

the President of the United States to the Congress was given by letter.

Now as you look to the modern age and in this case let's say that the modern age begins

about 1913.

Let's go back to the 28th president of the United States Woodrow Wilson.

Wilson had a very ambitious political agenda and he needed Congress to pass his

legislation. He decided to give an address to a joint session of Congress there in that year 2013 and it would constitute his address that would advise concerning the state of the nation.

And of course, making whatever proposals

that he intended for Congress's consideration,

it basically became a public event

whereby the President of the United States

could address Congress in person seated before him and press for his agenda

both in terms of domestic and international policy.

Now with the advent first of radio and then of television this also became a major media event.

And Presidents very quickly came to understand that the State of the Union address given before

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