Mar 03 2025 34 mins 25
“Undefined, unbounded, and immense power” – that’s what anti-federalists warned we’d eventually get under the Necessary and Proper Clause. Today, it’s easily one of the most twisted and abused parts of the Constitution. In this episode, learn about three key views of the clause: the modern view, which began with Alexander Hamilton and John Marshall; the strictly limited view from James Madison and Thomas Jefferson; and a middle ground from one of the clause’s authors, Edmund Randolph.
Path to Liberty: March 3, 2025
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John Williams – New York Ratifying Convention (26 June 1788)
Archibald Maclaine – North Carolina Ratifying Convention (28 July 1788)
Alexander Hamilton – Federalist 33 (3 Jan 1788)
James Wilson – Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention (4 Dec 1787)
James Madison – Federalist 44 (25 Jan 1788)
Alexander Hamilton – Opinion on the Constitutionality of an Act to Establish a Bank (23 Feb 1791)
James Madison – Speech on the Bank Bill (2 Feb 1791)
Edmund Randolph – Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bank (12 Feb 1791)
Necessary and Proper – an Overview
Edmund Randolph – Virginia Ratifying Convention (17 June 1788)
Rob Natelson – The Agency Law Origins of the Necessary and Proper Clause
John Marshall -, 17 U.S. 316 (1819)
Edmund Randolph – Virginia Ratifying Convention (17 June 1788)
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