[jerod]

"No axiom is more clearly established in law, or in reason, than that wherever the end is required, the means are authorized; wherever a general power to do a thing is given, every particular power necessary for doing it is included." -- James Madison

[tberry]

"wherever the end is required, the means are authorized"

You sure that wasn't Adolf Hitler???

[Sandy]

wherever a general power to do a thing is given, every particular power necessary for doing it is included

"Necessary" being the operative word here, not "expedient" (which of course takes us all the way back to McCulloch v. Maryland, a subject for another thread, I suppose).