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The Legislator-In-Chief, Vasan Kesavan, J. Gregory Sidak
The Legislator-In-Chief, Vasan Kesavan, J. Gregory Sidak
William & Mary Law Review
The State of the Union and Recommendation Clauses of Article II, Section 3provide 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. "Those thirty-one words envision the President as the lead active participant in the embryonic stages of the making of laws. Eight separate principles animate the President's legislative duties and powers before the presentment process. When the State of the Union and Recommendation Clauses are seen to have this textual and analytical subtlety, they reveal …