Historically they always were, it's only in the TV era that we've come to expect some sort of speech and hoopla. Even before that, provisionally placed in there to at least make sure there was SOME communication between the branches, assuming all hell breaks loose and there is a complete breakdown of political process.
Historically they always were, it's only in the TV era that we've come to expect some sort of speech and hoopla. Even before that, provisionally placed in there to at least make sure there was SOME communication between the branches, assuming all hell breaks loose and there is a complete breakdown of political process.