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While the powers of the Legislative branch are mediated by the reserve powers clause, they are expanded by the Necessary and Proper Clause, which allows Congress to make all laws necessary for executing the enumerated powers. The Necessary and Proper Clause is also known as which

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Elastic Clause

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Necessary and Proper Clause is also called Elastic Clause because it allows the federal congress to have the power to extend the constitution, and can then create any law that is essential for the country, that is appropriate to the current scenario of the country and that exercises federal power, that is, that it can be applied equally in all states. This permission was granted to the concrete by the authors of the constitution and reinforces the power of the legislative field.

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