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Assignment:

Respond to the following statement: There exists a double-edged nature to law: it creates both uncontested constraints on action as well as the basis of future contestation of existing norms. Don't forget to include your thesis statement and roadmap in your first paragraph (you will lose a significant number of points if your thesis statement and roadmap does not appear in your first paragraph). Also use Public opinion pew gallup examples and two cases related to two authors in essay. Footnotes made in essay to properly cite the essay.

First, using articles that we have read (Friedman ("Litigation and Society") and Mendelson, "Constructing America: Mythmaking in US Immigration Courts, discuss when disputes are transformed and not transformed into an object of contestation and what resources are utilized? For example, when do individuals and or groups move towards contesting that their rights have been or are being violated?

Second, describe the limitations to individuals and or groups attempting to change existing norms? This should include, but is not limited to, such discussions of strategic actors, issue fluidity, legitimacy and the myth of rights. Finally, discuss whether the Court is an avenue for social change and can social change be achieved? Make sure to use theories and case studies we have discussed and current examples.