Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution, which enumerates the powers of Congress and provides Congress with the authority to make all laws necessary and proper to carry them out; also referred to as the elastic clause.
There is an exact numerical answer to this question. By definition, 1 light year is exactly 9,460,730,472,580,800 meters. By definition, 1 mile is exactly 1,609.344 meters. So, 1 light year is exactly 5,878,625,373,183 and 849/1397 miles, by definition.
Robert Burnham noticed that, quite by coincidence, the number of astronomical units in one light-year and the number of inches in one mile are virtually the same. For general reference, there are 63,000 astronomical units in one light-year, and 63,000 inches (160,000 cm) in one mile (1.6 km). This wonderful coincidence enables us to bring the light-year down to Earth.