Everyone's right to dissent…is due the full protection of the Constitution
1due 1: owed or owing as a debt 2 a: owed or owing as a natural or moral right <everyone's right to dissent…is due the full protection of the Constitution — Nat Hentoff>
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For 'is due', try word substitution. right to dissent ... 'deserves', or 'should have', as a moral right, the full protection ...
— Patrick Lockerby
For 'is due', try word substitution.
right to dissent ...
'deserves', or 'should have', as a moral right, the full protection ...
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