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  2. Necessary and Proper Clause - Wikipedia

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    Necessary and Proper Clause. The Necessary and Proper Clause, also known as the Elastic Clause, [1] is a clause in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution: The Congress shall have Power... To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this ...

  3. List of clauses of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Necessary and Proper Clause: I: 8: 18 Orders, Resolutions, and Votes Clause: I: 7: 3 Origination Clause: I: 7: 1 Presentment Clause: I: 7: 2-3 Privileges and Immunities Clause: IV: 2: 1 Property Clause [citation needed] IV: 3: 2 Qualifications Clause [citation needed] I: 2: 1 Qualifications (of Senators) Clause [citation needed] I: 3: 3 ...

  4. Powers of the United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    Article I. Among the powers specifically given to Congress in Article I Section 8, are the following: 1. To lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States; but all duties, imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the United States; 2.

  5. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The final Necessary and Proper Clause, also known as the Elastic Clause, expressly confers incidental powers upon Congress without the Articles' requirement for express delegation for each and every power. Article I, Section 9 lists eight specific limits on congressional power.

  6. Enumerated powers (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Enumerated powers (United States) The enumerated powers (also called expressed powers, explicit powers or delegated powers) of the United States Congress are the powers granted to the federal government of the United States by the United States Constitution. Most of these powers are listed in Article I, Section 8.

  7. Article One of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Many powers of Congress have been granted under a broad interpretation of Article 1, section 8. Most notably, Clauses 1 (the General Welfare or Taxing and Spending clause), 3 (the Commerce clause), and 18 (The Necessary and Proper clause) have been deemed to grant expansive powers to Congress.

  8. McCulloch v. Maryland - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2024. 1819 United States Supreme Court case McCulloch v. Maryland Supreme Court of the United States Argued February 21 – March 3, 1819 Decided March 6, 1819 Full case name James McCulloch v. The State of Maryland, John James [a] Citations 17 U.S. 316 (more) 4 Wheat. 316; 4 L. Ed. 579; 1819 U.S ...

  9. Constitutional law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    to enforce "by appropriate legislation" the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution (a function of the Constitution's Necessary and Proper clause); [39] to propose, by a two-thirds vote, constitutional amendments for ratification by three-fourths of the states pursuant to the terms of Article V. [38]