More formally known as the Implied Powers. The Constitution lays out many specific roles of the government, but it would be impossible for the Constitution to lay out every specific role the government would hold in every imaginable situation. Thus, the government has implied powers that give them the power to make laws "necessary and proper" to accomplish what they need to. This gives them a degree of flexibility (or maybe a better word would be elasticity...).
Its called the elastic clause because it can be, and has been, STRETCHED (like elastic....) and used as an excuse to make a bunch of other laws that may or may not really be within the scope of the authority of Congress.
There is no definitive number of laws in science as new laws are discovered and formulated over time. Some well-known laws in science include Newton's laws of motion, the laws of thermodynamics, and the laws of conservation of mass and energy.
Jim crow laws
The possessive form is King Charles's laws.
There are no laws regarding dating, but there are laws regarding sexual contact (which is not limited merely to intercourse).
What does the elastic clause allow Congress to do?It allows Congress to create laws or stretch laws which they think are necessary.
It allows Congress to create laws or stretch laws which they think are necessary.
Elastic clause is a statement in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass all laws.
The elastic clause
elastic clause
The Elastic Clause gives Congress the freedom to do what they must to carry out its power. Two historic uses of the Elastic Clause came with the establishment of the National Bank and also with the Louisiana Purchase.
The section in the constitution that gives congress the power to pass laws nessary and proper to fulfill its other duties is the? Elastic Clause
the elastic clause, because it has been used to expand the power of the federal government.
That is the purpose of the elastic clause, but the Supreme Court has limited its construction in certain ways, so it does not functionally allow Congress to make ALL laws necessary and proper, but MOST laws necessary and proper.
it is known as the "Elastic Clause".
the power of Congress to make laws necessary for executing its members' enumerated powers
The elastic clause provides flexibility for our government.The elastic clause in the US Constitution grants Congress the right to pass all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers specifically granted to Congress by the Constitution.