The Elastic Clause In The United States Constitution

When is it that a statement encouraging freedom become a weapon used to enslave others? An example occurs with the inclusion of the Elastic Clause in the United States Constitution. Inadvertently, the clause provides fuel for content amongst politicians for countless years, and unsettles the tipping point between anarchy and oligarchy. Incidentally, it appears to cause conflict not as a result of the constriction of citizens or government, but because of the encouragement of creating laws meant to help the citizens of this nation. In the long run, the aftermath resulted in tragedy, inflaming conflict after conflict, while disarming Americans in an undetectable way.

Despite the chaos emerging from the creation of it, the Elastic Clause began with reasonable intentions. Amid the creation of the U.S. Constitution, the powers of the legislative branch of the government became established. These powers included what became known as the Elastic Clause, which gave the legislature the power to add more federal laws as needed, so long as the need for the law persisted. To anyone, this would make complete sense; if the legislature discovered an

In one instance, the date being 1791, the United States stands divided on the subject of a national bank, meant to control the economy throughout the entire country. Despite the strong-held beliefs that a national bank would unfairly force several states to pay for the costs of other states, and that this bank might pave the way for government corruption, the bank came to fruition due to that same clause in Article 1, section 8 of the United States Constitution. Since the clause never specified what could pass as a law and what could not, no other argument exists to combat the opposing side. Unfortunately, this excuse for passing a law lurks as the primary flaw, among the negatives and positives, in this controversial