Mr. Curtain
It is called Elastic Clause because it can be stretched like elastic.
The Elastic clause.
Another name for the Elastic Clause is the Necessary and Proper Clause.
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elastic clause
Article I, Section 8 is not called the Elastic Clause. The Elastic Clause is part of that Section, contained in its last paragraph.
Since it was not directly written on the constitution about buying or obtaining new lands, by purchasing the Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson used the idea of the elastic clause and the necessary and proper clause to justify his actions. Thomas Jefferson also stated that since it was the president's power to make treaties it is implied to obtain new lands
the elastic clause helps to protect our natural rights by allowing the government to adjust to a national crysis. However, the elastic clause is not very specific, and so really anything can be deemed "necessary and proper" as the elastic clause goes, so the elastic clause on the other hand can actually violate our rights as well. It all depends on how it is interpreted.
the elastic clause helps to protect our natural rights by allowing the government to adjust to a national crysis. However, the elastic clause is not very specific, and so really anything can be deemed "necessary and proper" as the elastic clause goes, so the elastic clause on the other hand can actually violate our rights as well. It all depends on how it is interpreted.
The Elastic Clause
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