If Article I, Section I is the most ignored section of the Constitution then Article I, Section 8 has been the most fought over. Section 8 states, “granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers.” What this means has led to a split in political parties with Federalists and Jeffersonian Republicans and was a major cause leading to the Civil War. What can Congress do and what can’t they do is still fought over today.
Historically Speaking 