Question

The Necessary and Proper Clause of the U. S Constitution is shown below: “The Congress shall have the Power…To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the forgoing powers, and all other Powers vested by this constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.” Why did Federalist want to include this clause in the Constitution?

To allow the national government to efficiently run the country.


To protect the individual liberties of all citizens.


To give citizens more opportunities to select government officials.


To provide a guarantee of sovereignty to individual states.

Answer 1

To allow the national government to efficiently run the country.

Step-by-step explanation:

There are only 17 pages used to write the united states constitution. It is impossible to specifically mentioned every single power and duty of the government officials to run a country within those pages.

So, they created the necessary and proper clause.

The constitution only listed specific duty and power of the government in general term. The necessary and proper clause make it possible for the government to do what it deemed as necessary to execute the duties that mentioned in that limited general term. This allow the government to become more flexible in executing their duty and allowing national government to efficiently run the country.