As permitted by state law, a large city in the state adopted an ordinance legalizing slot machines in shopping malls within the
city. Several prominent city residents were upset by the new ordinance because gambling violates one of the main tenets of their religion. Seeking relief, the citizens contacted their representative in Congress and asked the representative to sponsor a bill making it illegal to place gambling machines in shopping malls throughout the country. The representative sponsored such a bill. Congress made a factual finding that the activity regulated has a substantial economic effect on interstate commerce and passed the statute. If the statute banning gambling machines in shopping malls is challenged on constitutional grounds by a proper plaintiff in federal court, would the court likely uphold the statute
