Z:gnu-www-ja-eldred-amicus--8058cc-The Copyright Clause is unique/en

The Copyright Clause is unique among the enumerations of legislative power in Article I, &#167;8 in containing a declaration of purpose; it alone &ldquo;describes both the objective which Congress may seek and the means to achieve it.&rdquo; Goldstein v. California, 412 U.S. 546, 555 (1973). Adopting a reading of the clause that denies legal effect to the words the drafters specifically and atypically included is an implausible style of constitutional construction.