Question

Congress has used the Necessary and Proper Clause to establish a minimum wage. Use evidence from the text to describe the positions a strict constructionist and a liberal constructionist would take in response to this action.

Answer 1

Answer: Congressional power encompasses all implied and incidental powers that are conducive to the beneficial exercise of an enumerated power.

Step-by-step explanation:

Under the Necessary and Proper Clause, congressional power encompasses all implied and incidental powers that are conducive to the beneficial exercise of an enumerated power. Maryland, 17 U.S. (4 Wheat.) 316, 418 (1819). The Clause does not require that legislation be absolutely necessary for the exercise of federal power.