Constitution Article 1 Section 8 Clause 18
The congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes duties imposts and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the united states.
Constitution article 1 section 8 clause 18. The congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes duties imposts and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the united states. James madison federalist no. Few parts of the constitution have been assailed with moreintemperance than this.
Necessary and proper clause. The final clause of article i section 8 known as the necessary and proper clause is the source of the implied powers of congress. 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.
Article 1 section 8. Article 1 section 8 clause 18 of the united states constitution gives congress power to make any laws considered necessary and proper for the nation. But all duties imposts and excises shall be uniform throughout the united states.
According to wikipedia this clause often called the necessary and proper or the elastic clause is sometimes accused of giving too much power to congress. 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. Notes for this section.
Withoutthe substanceof this power the whole constitution wouldbe a dead letter. Yet on a fair investigation of it nopart can appear more compleatly invulnerable. Arti s8 c18 1 necessary and proper clause.
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 the constitution in the government of the united states or in any department or officer thereof. Article i section 8 clause 18 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.