The State of the Union address is:
A) required by a law passed by Congress in 1802 and renewed ever since
B) requested by the president, and comity demands that his request is always accepted
C) based on tradition, but was discontinued during the Great Depression and World War II
D) mandated by the Constitution
E) requested by the media and nearly always agreed to by the president and Congress

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The State of the Union address is explicitly mandated by the Constitution in Article II, Section 3, which states that the President "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."

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