Article I
type: Concept
narrower: necessary and proper clause

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: necessary and proper clause

necessary and proper clause
definition: The Constitution, even with all twenty-seven amendments, is one of the world's shortest written constitutions, containing only some 8,700 hundred words overall. The framers of the Constitution realized that many of its principles would have to be fleshed out by the three branches of government, especially by the legislature in fulfilling its responsibility for making the nation's laws. [Source: U.S. Constitution A to Z; Necessary and Proper Clause]
broader: Article I
type: Concept