The Necessary and Proper Clause, also known as the Elastic Clause, is a clause in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution: The Congress shall have Power. The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States, sets up that the Constitution, government laws made in accordance with it, and arrangements made under its power, establish the "incomparable Law of the Land", and in this manner take need over any clashing state laws.
Columbus believed he had reached Asia when he had traveled less than halfway there because geographical knowledge at the time was limited. They believed if they sailed West they would reach Asia by sea but actually ended up in the Americas. He thought the world was smaller than it actually was.
Mrs. Sparks cares about what is taught in schools because she is a parent of a child in the school system and therefore has a right to protect what she views as her child’s best interests.