Abstract
Rights have two lives. There are the rights that exist on paper, and those that exist in actuality, or in practice. In a sim ilar vein, it is one thing to have a right declared by a court, and another to have this right respected by those who have power over others. One branch of political science is replete with literature on the gap between what constitutional courts hold, and what authorities and citi zens actually do.1 A number of rea sons help to explain such gaps. For example, classic civil liberty attitudi nal research teaches us that there is generally more support for rights in the abstract than in individual cases.2 Everyone loves free speech, but not always the free speech of those who fall tnn far mit?iHf? nf trip mainctrpiim
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