1. Write a 200-500 word short fictional story about what our nation could be like if the Constitution had NO Elastic Clause at all OR if the Elastic Clause was pursued and exploited without restraint. 

Idea to help you get started: Introduce a main character who encounters a situation and is greatly impacted by the existence or absence of the Elastic Clause.

Idea to help you get started: Write the introduction to a story set in the United States in the year 2076 and describe the nation as it exists with or without the Elastic Clause.