the clause that allows the federal government to expand its powers is the necessary and proper clause.
the clause that allows the federal government to expand its powers is the necessary and proper clause.
the clause that allows the federal government to expand its powers is the?
necessary and proper clause
because the states were preexisting political entities, the u.s. constitution did not need to define or explain federalism in any one section but it often mentions the rights and responsibilities of state governments and state officials in relation to the federal government. the federal government has certain "express powers" (also called "enumerated powers") which are powers spelled out in the constitution, including the right to levy taxes, declare war, and regulate interstate and foreign commerce. in addition, the "necessary and proper clause" gives the federal government the "implied power" to pass any law "necessary and proper" for the execution of its express powers. other powers—the "reserved powers"—are reserved to the people or the states. the power delegated to the federal government was significantly expanded by the supreme court decision in mcculloch v. maryland (1819), amendments to the constitution following the civil war, and by some later amendments—as well as the overall claim of the civil war, that the states were legally subject to the final dictates of the federal government.
federalism
in the period between the american revolution and the ratification of the united states constitution, the states had united under a much weaker federal government and a much stronger state and local government, pursuant to the articles of confederation. the articles gave the central government very little, if any, authority to overrule individual state actions. the constitution subsequently strengthened the central government, authorizing it to exercise powers deemed necessary to exercise its authority, with an ambiguous boundary between the two co-existing levels of government. in the event of any conflict between state and federal law, the constitution resolved the conflict via the supremacy clause of article vi in favor of the federal government, which declares federal law the "supreme law of the land" and provides that "the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, any thing in the constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding." however, the supremacy clause only applies if the federal government is acting in pursuit of its constitutionally authorized powers, as noted by the phrase "in pursuance thereof" in the actual text of the supremacy clause itself (see above).
states' rights