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= Federalist Paper #33 =

Publication
Federalist Paper #33 is an essay exploring the idea of allowing Congress to make all laws that are necessary for efficiently operating the national government. Alexander Hamilton discusses how giving all that power will not give too much power to the national government. Instead it’s merely a way for the government to fulfill the day-today tasks of any government. Hamilton begins the essay by addressing the people of New York and introduces the argument that the national legislature should be authorized “to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution in the government of the United States.” In layman’s terms, according to the Necessary and Proper Clause, Congress is not limited to the powers actually expressed in the Constitution but also has implied powers to make imperative laws. This clause became very important during the formation of the United States’s central government because it helped the government become organized and established. This grants Congress the flexibility to create laws or otherwise to act where the Constitution does not give it the explicit authority to act. The Necessary Clause is also referred to as the “elastic clause” as it gives Congress room to bend.