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The Necessary and Proper Clause

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Apr 15, 2025
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The Necessary and Proper Clause authorizes Congress "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing power" Art. I, Section 8, Clause 18. In accordance with the original meaning and intent of the text, the Supreme Court has imposed in definite boundaries upon the ambit of power to be implied pursuant to the…

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