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How did the Supreme Court's decision in MucCulloch vs Maryland expand the power of the national government?
Most of the expressed powers of Congress are found in Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution. While the powers are clearly stated, custom and usage has changed some of the powers. The last clause of that Article, the so-called elastic clause, is responsible for the modification of the powers of Congress. The clause gives Congress the right to "make all laws necessary and proper." It stretches the power of Congress. But, what do the words necessary and proper mean? The issue became part of the "strict" versus "loose" interpretation of the Constitution. In 1819 the Supreme Court addressed this problem in McCulloch v Maryland. The Court ruled in favor of a loose interpretation. This decision gave the Congress the power to make any laws that were necessary to carry out its expressed powers.
What does the constitutions necessary and proper clause do?
It gives powers to Congress that allow the government to meet new challenges.
What does the elastic clause do?
The Elastic Clause is in Article I of the US Constitution, and it states that any powers necessary to complete the powers listed above (the expressed powers of congress), but not necessarily mentioned there, are nonetheless granted to the Congress. For example: An express power is that Congress can maintain an army. A implied power (powers granted by the elastic clause) would be to recruit, train, and draft citizens into that army. It could also establish military bases to which civilian access was restricted. The elastic clause has been used throughout US history to add powers to the federal government. It allows the federal government to expand its powers.
The clause in the constitution that gives congress the right to make laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out listed powers is often called?
the elastic clause, because it has been used to expand the power of the federal government.
What allow congress to strecth its powers?
The Elastic clause is in the constitution which says that the government can do anything "Necessary and proper"
