Necessary and Proper Clause

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The Necessary and Proper Clause is a provision in the U.S. Constitution that grants Congress the authority to enact laws needed to execute its enumerated powers, forming the basis for implied federal powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional clause ⓘ
federal constitutional law concept ⓘ
provision of the United States Constitution ⓘ
adoptedIn 1787 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Elastic Clause ⓘ
Sweeping Clause ⓘ
appliesTo United States Congress ⓘ
associatedWithDoctrine enumerated powers doctrine ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
implied powers doctrine ⓘ
necessary and proper test ⓘ
authoritativeInterpreter Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
basisFor doctrine of implied powers ⓘ
implied powers of Congress ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1789-03-04 ⓘ
category United States constitutional clauses ⓘ
citedIn The Federalist No. 33 ⓘ
The Federalist No. 44 ⓘ
controversy limits on implied powers ⓘ
scope of federal legislative power ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
debatedAt Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
draftedBy Framers of the United States Constitution ⓘ
foundIn Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
governs means Congress may choose to implement its powers ⓘ
grantsPowerTo United States Congress ⓘ
interpretedAs allowing means plainly adapted to legitimate constitutional ends ⓘ
not requiring absolute necessity ⓘ
interpretedBy Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalSystem United States law ⓘ
locatedAfter list of enumerated powers in Article I, Section 8 ⓘ
majorCase Gonzales v. Raich ⓘ
McCulloch v. Maryland ⓘ
United States v. Comstock ⓘ
United States v. Darby ⓘ
opposedBy some Anti-Federalists ⓘ
partOf Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
purpose to enable Congress to carry into execution its enumerated powers ⓘ
to provide flexibility in federal legislative power ⓘ
relatedTo Commerce Clause ⓘ
Supremacy Clause ⓘ
relatesTo enumerated powers of Congress ⓘ
supportedBy many Federalists ⓘ
textBeginsWith "To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper" ⓘ
usedToJustify creation of the First Bank of the United States ⓘ
federal criminal laws implementing other powers ⓘ
federal regulatory schemes linked to commerce power ⓘ

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