Editing State of the Union (section)

==Significance==
Although much of the pomp and ceremony behind the State of the Union address is governed by tradition rather than law, in modern times, the event is seen as one of the most important in the US political calendar. It is one of the few instances when all three branches of the US government are assembled under one roof: members of both houses of [[United States Congress|Congress]] constituting the [[legislature]], the president and [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]] constituting the [[Executive (government)|executive]], and the [[Chief Justice of the United States|chief justice]] and [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|associate justices]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] constituting the [[judiciary]]. In addition, the military is represented by the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]], while foreign governments are represented by the [[Diplomatic corps|dean of the Diplomatic Corps]]. The address has also been used as an opportunity to honor the achievements of some ordinary Americans, who are typically invited by the president to sit with the [[First Lady of the United States|first lady]].<ref name="Bonding" />