Question 8
ag153 wrote:
Q8- Pls explain this whole question. Also as per choice E, how is it 'explicitly'
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8. It can be inferred from the passage that the Winters doctrine has been used to establish which of the following?
The Winters doctrine explains when water rights can be given. Originally, it applied to land that was given formally in a treaty, but Arizona v. California established that the Winters doctrine can be applied even without a formal treaty, as long as the land has been "treated like a reservation."
Let's move on to the answers.
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(A) A rule that the government may reserve water only by explicit treaty or agreement
Thanks to Arizona v. California, the Winters doctrine was used to reserve water rights even without a formal or "explicit" treaty, so (A) is out.
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(B) A legal distinction between federal lands reserved for American Indians and federal lands reserved for other purposes
The Winters doctrine is concerned with water rights, not how land should be reserved. (B) is wrong.
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(C) Criteria governing when the federal government may set land aside for a particular purpose
The Winters doctrine is about water rights, not setting aside land. Eliminate (C).
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(D) The special status of American Indian tribes' rights to reserved land
The Winters doctrine doesn't give American Indian tribes "special status." The passage discusses American Indian tribes as examples of when water rights were given, but it never indicates that the Winters doctrine gave them "special" treatment. They are simply mentioned as examples of water rights cases. (D) is wrong.
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(E) The federal right to reserve water implicitly as well as explicitly under certain conditions
In the first paragraph, we see how the Winters doctrine allowed the federal government to reserve water when a treaty was made "explicitly." In the second paragraph, we see how the Winters doctrine was used to reserve water even without a formal treaty -- in other words, they could reserve water "implicitly."
Since (E) captures this, it's correct.