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Congress enacts a statute regulating the cultivation of wheat for purely personal consumption on a family farm, on the theory that it affects the national wheat market. A farmer challenges Congress's authority. Under the Commerce Clause, is the statute likely valid?

No, because purely local activity is beyond federal power No, because growing wheat is not economic activity Yes, because Congress may regulate local activity that, in the aggregate, has a substantial effect on interstate commerce Yes, but only if the farmer sells some wheat across state lines

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Yes, because Congress may regulate local activity that, in the aggregate, has a substantial effect on interstate commerce

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