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In the interpretation promoted by Pompeo, however, women’s rights or L.G.B.T. rights are somehow additional to basic human rights—ad-hoc rights, alienable rights.
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Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 July 2019
And values and alienable rights in our Constitution.
—Fox News, 10 July 2018
That military service is alienable, through restrictions on membership necessary for our military to fulfill its purpose, automatically rules it out as a right.
—Philip H. Devoe, National Review, 3 Aug. 2017
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Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 10 July 2019
And values and alienable rights in our Constitution.
—Fox News, 10 July 2018
That military service is alienable, through restrictions on membership necessary for our military to fulfill its purpose, automatically rules it out as a right.
—Philip H. Devoe, National Review, 3 Aug. 2017
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“Alienable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alienable. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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alienable
adjective
alien·able
ˈāl-yə-nə-bəl, ˈā-lē-ə- 
: that may be changed over to another's ownership
an alienable interest in property
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