Editing Necessary and Proper Clause (section)

{{Short description|Clause of the US constitution regarding congressional powers}}
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The '''Necessary and Proper Clause''', also known as the '''Elastic Clause''',<ref name="Gershman2008">{{cite book|author=Gary P. Gershman|title=The Legislative Branch of Federal Government: People, Process, and Politics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTDS1QbFRzkC&pg=PA28|year=2008|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-85109-712-8|pages=28–}}</ref> is a clause in [[Article One of the United States Constitution#Section 8: Powers of Congress|Article I, Section 8]] of the [[United States Constitution]]:

{{Quote|text=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 Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.}} Since the landmark decision ''[[McCulloch v. Maryland]]'', the US Supreme Court has ruled that this clause grants [[implied powers]] to US Congress in addition to its [[Enumerated powers (United States)|enumerated powers]].