...the Necessary and Proper Clause, "though in terms a grant of power," was really intended to restrict "the general right, which might otherwise be implied,...selecting means for executing the enumerated powers." To deprive Congress of the right to choose laws for the execution of its granted powers would be to...

...execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department thereof."...selecting means for executing the enumerated powers. In support of this proposition, they have found it necessary to contend that this clause was inserted...

...execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested hy this constitution, in the government of the United States, or in any department thereof."...in terms, a grant of power, is not so, in effect; hut is really restrictive of the general right, which might otherwise be implied, of selecting means...

...Marshall treats with something like contempt the argument that this clause does not mean what it says, but is "really restrictive of the general right, which...selecting means for executing the enumerated powers" — a denial, in short, that, without this clause, Congress is authorized to make laws.4 After conferring...

...this clause expresses what the preceding reasoning showed must be implied. The court then proceeds, "The counsel for the state of Maryland have urged various arguments to prove that this clause, tho' in terms a grant of power, is not so in effect; but is really restrictive of the general right,...

...this constitution, in the government of the U. States, or in any department thereof." The counselof the state of Maryland have urged various arguments,...selecting means for executing the enumerated powers. They have found it necessary to contend that this clause was inserted for the purpose of confering...

...execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution, in the Government of the United States, or in any department thereof."...in effect, but is really restrictive of the general rgiht, which might otherwise be implied, of selecting the means for executing the enumerated powers....

...The counselof the state of Maryland have urged variousarguments, to prove that this clause, thoug-Ii in terms a grant of power, is not so in effect; but...selecting means for executing the enumerated powers. They have found it necessary to contend that this clause was inserted for the purpose of confcring...