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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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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.


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


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.


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.


Does the elastic clause give extended power to the judicial branch of government?

The Elastic Clause significantly empowers the legislative branch, rather than the judicial branch. The clause is found in Article One of the U.S. Constitution.


What is the elastic clause and why was it given this nickname?

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.


What power did the government gain from the elastic clause?

The elastic clause is not about the power of the constitution, rather, it gives the Legislative branch (or Congress) of the US government power to do whatever they feel is necessary and proper in order to carry out their constitutional duties. It's controversial because some people argue that it allows the Congress to "overstep their bounds" because of how vague it is. Others say that it doesn't give them any added power but instead gives them just what they need to accomplish their "already given" constitutional responsibilities.


Does the costitutuion give cogress The power to declare war?

Yes, congress has the exclusive power to declare war.Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution, War Powers Clause


What power does the elastic cause 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.


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 give Congress the ability to do more than states in the constitution?

It is the Necessary and Proper Clause or General Welfare Clause which is also called implied powers of Congress.


What power does the commerce clause give congress?

"The Commerce Clause refers to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power "to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.'"