The Necessary and Proper Clause makes clear that the Constitution's grants of specific Federal legislative authority are accompanied by broad power to enact laws that are convenient, or useful or conducive to that authority's beneficial exercise.
Durbin references the Necessary and Proper Clause to support federal legislative authority.
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