alleryStart learning →The elastic clause allows the national government to create the legal means to:
ASuspend the Constitution
BFulfil its responsibilities
COverrule the courts
DAbolish the states
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Fulfil its responsibilities
1. The elastic clause supplements the enumerated list.
2. The enumerated powers define the policy areas of national authority.
3. The elastic clause allows the government to create the legal means.
4. Those means are to fulfil those responsibilities.
_Source: OpenStax American Government 4e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 3 'American Federalism'_
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