Question

1. in louisiana, the _ is part of _ which means judges follow written laws & rules instead of just looking at past court decisions.
2. when congress passed a law to regulate the internet, the president used a _ of the constitution to justify taking action, even though the constitution doesnt mention the internet specifically.
3. during the vietnam war, the u.s. government used its _ to hold a military draft.
4. the local native american tribe exercised _ by setting up its own police force & passing laws for safety on their reservation.
5. the supreme court used a _ of the constitution to rule that the federal government could not create a national school because education is not specifically mentioned in the constitution.
6. the supreme court practiced _ when it made its decision in brown v. board of education (1954) by saying that separate was not equal, similar to the decisions made in sweatt v. painter (1950) & mclaurin v. oklahoma state regents (1950).
7. in united states v. lopez (1995), the supreme court emphasized the concept of _ by saying that controlling schools is up to the states, not the federal government.
8. during the watergate scandal, president nixon tried to use _ to avoid having to turn over secret white house recordings to investigators.
9. after the u.s. became officially involved in ww2, president roosevelt issued an _ that allowed internment camps to be created for japanese - americans to try to prevent them from helping japan (even though most people had done nothing wrong).
10. during ww2, president roosevelt used the lend - lease agreement, a type of _ to provide weapons to allied countries without the senate having to approve it.
11. congress utilized its _ to declare war on japan after the attack on pearl harbor.
12. congress uses the _ to make laws that are necessary for carrying out its constitutional powers, like creating the air force, even though only an army and navy are specifically mentioned in the constitution.

Explanation:

Question 11

In Louisiana, the civil law system is part of statutory law tradition (or more precisely, the civil law influence in their legal system, but the key here is that Louisiana has a civil law component within its legal system which is based on written codes/laws, so judges follow written laws (statutory law) rather than relying solely on precedent like common law. So the first blank is "civil law system" (or "statutory law - based system" but more accurately "civil law" as Louisiana uses civil law which is code - based) and the second is "statutory law" (or "the civil law tradition" - but the context is about following written laws over precedent, so the first blank: civil law system; second: statutory law (or the legal system that uses written codes, but the main idea is Louisiana’s legal system has a civil law part where judges follow written laws (statutes) instead of just precedent (like common law’s stare decisis).

When Congress passed a law to regulate the Internet, the president used the elastic clause (Necessary and Proper Clause) of the Constitution to justify taking action, even though the Constitution doesn’t mention the internet specifically. The Elastic Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 18) allows Congress (and by extension, executive actions related to implementing laws) to make laws necessary and proper for carrying out its powers, and presidents can use this as a basis for actions related to implied powers from Congress’s authority.

During the Vietnam War, the U.S. government used its war powers (or the power to raise and support armies/draft power) to hold a military draft. The government has the constitutional power (under Article I, Section 8 for Congress to raise and support armies, and the executive to implement) to draft citizens for military service during times of war or national emergency.

Answer:

First blank: civil law system; Second blank: statutory law (or the legal system based on written codes)

Question 12