A federal statute mandates that any entity employing 50 or more individuals must derive at least five percent of its energy needs from renewable resources. The Department of Energy (DOE) has been tasked with the enforcement of this statute. A county government that employs more than 50 individuals has sued the DOE official to whom enforcement of this statute has been properly delegated in the federal district court. The suit, which seeks injunctive relief from the enforcement of this statute, contends that the statute is unconstitutional as applied to the county government. Should the court rule that the statute is unconstitutional as applied to the county government