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The Necessary and Proper Clause—also sometimes called the Elastic Clause, Coefficient Clause, or Basket Clause—concludes Section 8’s list of enumerated powers by vesting in Congress the authority to use all means “necessary and proper” to execute those powers.
The Necessary and Proper Clause, also known as the Elastic Clause, is a clause in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution: The Congress shall have Power...
The Necessary and Proper Clause 1. concludes Article I’s list of Congress’s enumerated powers with a general statement that Congress’s powers include not only those expressly listed, but also the authority to use all means necessary and proper for executing those express powers.
The Necessary and Proper Clause, which gives Congress power to make “all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution” other federal powers, is precisely this kind of incidental-powers clause.
The Necessary and Proper Clause 1 concludes Article I’s list of Congress’s enumerated powers with a general statement that Congress’s powers include not only those expressly listed, but also the authority to use all means necessary and proper for executing those express powers.
After briefly reviewing th e major nineteen th century Supreme Court decisions on th e Necessary and Proper Clause following McCulloch, th e section concludes wi th a review of th e modern Supreme Court cases on th e scope of Congress’s power under th e Clause.
The Necessary and Proper Clause, sometimes called the “coefficient” or “elastic” clause, is an enlargement, not a constriction, of the powers expressly granted to Congress. Chief Justice Marshall’s classic opinion in McCulloch v. Maryland 1845 set the standard in words that reverberate to this day. “Let the end be legitimate,” he ...
ArtI.S8.C18.3.4 The Necessary and Proper Clause Doctrine: The Meaning of Proper. [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer ...
The Congress shall have Power To . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Aug 14, 2019 · The Necessary and Proper clause of the U.S. Constitution provides Congress the power to fulfill its legal powers. Also known as the "elastic clause," it was written into the Constitution in 1787. The first Supreme Court case against the clause was in 1819 when Maryland objected to Alexander Hamilton's formation of a National Bank.
