'earned right to' is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is generally used to signify that somebody has earned the right to have something, or do something, and is often used in the context of an entitlement. For example: "He earned the right to go on vacation after months of hard work."
Or perhaps, when you come down to it, the man is just another dealer, and not a very distinguished one at that, with no actual, earned right to be thought of as a leader of late-modernist taste.
This president and both political parties speak from both sides of their mouths when it comes to immigration – at times, paying lip service to immigrants' contributions to the US and their earned right to remain, while also being relentless enforcers and deporters.
But, really, it's hard to seriously rip a 26-year-old guy who is simply utilizing the earned right to dictate his NBA future.
During the glory days of domination, men would hunt, gather and otherwise provide for their families, then come home and enjoy their earned right to do whatever they wanted to their wives.
Over 2,500 people have already been arrested in the streets and a young veteran of the Iraq war seriously injured by police while exercising his well-earned right to seek justice and freedom here at home.
Yet the most powerful impact of the Supreme Court's decision on Voting Rights may, in the end, not be on the size of the minority vote; it is possible, after all, that the very attempt to restrict the precious and hard-earned right to cast a ballot may spark a counter-mobilization among minority voters, much as it did in last year's presidential election.
Manuel said Misch earned the right to make another start.
After a pause, he added, "Maybe I have earned the right to make my mistakes".
You've earned the right to be here, but you have to earn the right to stay here".
You have not earned the right to patronise.
