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Elastic Clause: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.
The Elastic Clause allows future generations to expand the meaning of the Comstitution. Congress can take action on issues not to spelled out in the Constitution.
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Did the constitution give the government too much power?
yes because the government had a lot of power and could control the citizens but with asking the presedient first
What power does the elastic clause give congress?
Elastic Clause: To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. The Elastic Clause allows future generations to expand the meaning of the Comstitution. Congress can take action on issues not to spelled out in the Constitution.
What four power does the constitution give to the legislative branch?
Elastic clause money borrow money and tax, the government has money to give to us, borrow money which we are currently doing it china, and elastic Clause which is the statement that grants the congress the power to pass all laws
How does the elastic clause function?
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.
Can the congress use the elastic clause to increase tax rates?
The Elastic Clause does not give Congress the right to increase tax rates. However, it did allow them to print coin and paper money.
What did the framers give to congress?
the power of commerce and the power to tax
Define elastic clause?
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.
How should the constitution be written to give power to congress?
Congress shall have the power to make all laws that are necessary
Who does the constitution give the power levy taxes to?
congress
What power does the us constitution give the congress to deal with other nations?
It gives Congress the power to not do anything helpful at all.
What power does the US constitution give to the congress to deal with other nations?
It gives Congress the power to not do anything helpful at all.
Why did Jefferson oppose the creation of the bank of the United states?
Granting Congress any power not explicitly granted by the Constitution will remove all limits on its power other than what Congress itself believes to be the good of the nation.
