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  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…1mo1MO

Implied powers come from the Elastic Clause, which, by technicality, allows these implied powers to exist, and regardless, they’re extremely necessary for making sure the power of corporations and runaway market forces don’t become a problem.

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington commented…1mo1MO

The elastic clause is a myth

  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…1mo1MO

The elastic clause is agreed upon by interpretation, which by definition cannot be myth because it requires assumptions of the constitution to work that cannot be proven or disproven, so the assumption, if vague or uncertain enough, can lead to a wide range of outcomes. The outcomes of the elastic clause under current interpretation are that the implied powers are both necessary and proper to create the conditions necessary to carry out governmental duties. At this point, it’s a matter of preference and taste.

  @Patriot-#1776Constitution from Washington commented…1mo1MO

It can be proven to be false by looking at the understanding of the ratifiers of the Constitution, whose understanding, legally, is correct, as they were the ones who agreed to that contract. Jut like you can interpret the words "it is sunny outside," as "there's thunderstorm outside," so you can, apparently, interpret a document that clearly limits federal power as a sweeping grant of power to the federal government. But clearly that's a false "interpretation."

  @9CJ6CB6 from Virginia commented…1mo1MO

every vague policy, unless sealed in meaning by legal documents themselves, allows a certain amount of pivot. The founding fathers can state it as they please, but they do not have the authority over the entire constitution anymore, because they’re dead. Jefferson admitted that the nation is for the living, and the wishes of the dead are not our basis for law, only the documents we keep. As such, even when its creators had a different interpretation, we can still pivot the interpretation within its written leeway as necessary, because the constitution is built to evolve. We are not chai…  Read more

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