"legitimate end" is a valid and usable phrase in written English.
It is used when discussing the completion of something that is accepted as a legitimate conclusion or resolution. For example: "After a lengthy debate, both parties eventually found a legitimate end to the dispute."
The relevant question is simply whether the means chosen are reasonably adapted to the attainment of a legitimate end under the commerce power.
The assailed provisions, in this view, are not ends in and of themselves, but means to the legitimate end of conserving the highways.
The validity of laws that, on their face, breach liberties depends on whether they are necessary and proportionate to achieve a legitimate end.
He didn't believe that the government's legitimate end of uncovering her treachery justified the means it had used to convict her.
The action which Congress induces by payments of money to promote the general welfare, but which it does not command or coerce, is but an incident to a specifically granted power, but a permissible means to a legitimate end.
Rather, Congresss authority to enact all of these prohibitions of intrastate controlled-substance activities depends only upon whether they are appropriate means of achieving the legitimate end of eradicating Schedule I substances from interstate commerce.
Ryabkov affirmed Russia's commitment to ensure legitimate end-user certificates and the ability to conduct inspections; this is true for MANPADS.
But the necessity of finding beyond a reasonable doubt the intent to produce the prohibited result affords abundant protection to those whose criticism is directed to legitimate ends.
Moderates on both sides who have been hiding in the shadow of violence must summon the courage today to provide an alternative, for otherwise the means that their nations employ may destroy any possibility of achieving their legitimate ends.
Official uses of behavioral science should never be hidden, and they should always be undertaken within the limits of law and for legitimate ends, such as promoting retirement security, lowering barriers to college, increasing employment and saving taxpayers money.
A different approach asks what role consent plays in determining, here and now, the legitimate ends that governments can pursue.
