Case background

Abstract

Read the Case Background. Then analyze the Documents provided. Finally, answer the Key Question in a wellorganized essay that incorporates your interpretations of the Documents as well as your own knowledge of history. The Necessary and Proper Clause gives Congress the 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.” It is not a free-standing grant of power, but rather was intended to give Congress the power to enact laws needed to “carry into execution” the various powers granted to the federal government by other parts of the Constitution.