Elastic Clause Research Paper

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Shamsun Nahar
U.S. Government
13 November, 2017

Summarize what the Elastic clause (necessary and proper clause) is and explain why it is so important in determining the powers of congress…

What is an Elastic clause? It is the very “statement in the United States Constitution [in Article I, Section 8] granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers” (Dictionary). Our Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce with foreign Nations, and among the states, to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and the foreign Coin, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures and etc… We consider these laws pretty loosely (presuming that the Congress has the permissible control