Sentences with phrase «against draconian»

Because I recognize the true degree of our ignorance in addressing this supremely difficult problem, while at the same time as a mere citizen I weigh civilization and its benefits against draconian energy austerity on the basis of no actual evidence that global climate is in any way behaving unusually on a geological time scale.

And we're going to say, this is statement that we're going to make on how New York can really push back against the draconian policies that we're seeing from the Trump administration.»

About 45,000 of the telecom giant's workers, represented by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, walked off the job on Aug. 7 in protest against Draconian concessions demanded by the highly profitable company, including eliminating pensions for new hires; slashing paid sick time and holidays; and increasing employees» contributions to their health care costs.

IDC spokeswoman Candice Giove said in a statement, «As we enter the campaign season the Independent Democratic Conference will continue to work to elect Democrats who will fight against the draconian policies coming out of Washington and have a laser beam focus on protecting labor and our middle class.»

This is an unofficial ban on crypto trade in India - and cryptocurrency traders as well as cryptocurrency exchanges have been outraged against this draconian decision.

Not exact matches

Sounds draconian, but I detect a bit of hyperbole in the case against the Ledbetter Act.

«He understands,» Poilievre said of Morneau, «that farmers and local businesses are furious that he and his government have attacked them with this draconian high - tax plan, and he's feeling that backlash, his MPs are speaking out against him.

«In our application we note that if not for the generosity of the public, Aisling would not have been able to pay the draconian costs against her.

They were perhaps a perfect match: The DFCR found that by backing the former players against the league, it was also essentially fighting a proxy war against America's own draconian cannabis policy.

What is more, the government should assiduously work on these issues listed above that led to the polarization of our political space as against coming up with such a bill which I view as obnoxious in taste and draconian in outlook.

In Northern Ireland, the 1967 Abortion Act does not apply, their abortion law is to this day the draconian 1861 Offences Against the Person Act.

The millionaire Buffalo businessman, who last week became his party's candidate for governor, has shaped much of his Tea Party message by railing against government spending and vowing Draconian bureaucratic bloodletting.

«We, the entire workers of the Cocoa research institute of Nigeria (CRIN), Ibadan and members of the host communities decry and condemn in entirety the decision of the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Leye Oyebade, to use brutal a force to suppress and repress the ongoing legitimate agitation of CRIN workers against the years of despotic and draconian rule of Prof Malachy O. Akoroda, the executive director of the institute.

The development is a further sign that civil society is increasingly turning against the more draconian responses to drug law and searching for alternatives.

Chase that, however, with Senate Education Chairman John Flanagan's comments on Capital Tonight this month, warning against any «Draconian» overhaul of the education system.

Our coalition will continue to fight back against these sorts of draconian polices that seek to punish states like New York that embrace and celebrate our diversity.»

Her on - screen confidence and behind - the - scenes negotiations won the day against some of New Labour's most draconian proposals and kept the flame alive when it seemed as if no - one really cared about civil liberties anymore.

One then wonders why the House members took such a draconian stance against the two Ministers who have very cordial relationships with the National Assembly.

«If you are making such a serious allegation against someone, you should put that allegation to him and give him an opportunity to say something in his defence before you take the draconian decision to remove him,» he says.

The American Foundation for Equal Rights — with its attention - getting political odd couple of conservative Republican lawyer Theodore Olson and liberal Democrat David Boies — will announce Monday it is joining a lawsuit against what the lawyers called Virginia's «draconian» laws prohibiting same - sex marriages, the recognition of such marriages performed where they are legal, and civil unions.

Adams, too, strongly condemned Trump's «draconian actions» against refugees and people from Muslim - majority countries.

Williams, who ran for speaker in 2013, said the body has to put up a «legislative line of defense» against the «draconian policies» of President Donald Trump.

«Teacher» is the nickname for Edmund Zuwanie (Earl Cameron), the president of Matobo, who has been under international pressure to curb his draconian reprisals against political enemies.

The Unknown Terrorist is set against a background of draconian anti-terror laws that were passed in Australia in 2005 following the bombings in Bali, Indonesia.

The goal is to force governments into taking ever - more draconian measures against their people in a futile effort to stop it.

Make it worth their while with someone fun, like a prize or gift (I know I know, it's against the terms of Amazon's new Draconian laws, but I do it anyway and it works for me.)

The bottom line is this: The best way to protect ourselves against any perceived threat against dogs is to scare the public with inaccurate information about cats and then implement draconian policies that confirm suspicions that we secretly want an all - dog nation.

Lindholm has worked with other organizations to create foster programs, and she's found some cling to draconian policies against foster adoption.

The initial ruling against Prince in 2011 included — in a surprisingly draconian injunction — an order that the works be destroyed or never displayed publicly.

«Climate science» as it is used by warmists implies adherence to a set of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate of rise of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates of change of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industrializing.

Draconian penalties for apostasy, for example, should be related to a context in which such behaviour was linked with violent rebellion against the early religion.

Last Friday marked the 31st day of my indefinite hunger strike against Prime Minister Stephen Harper's new draconian crime law, deceptively christened «Safe Streets and Communities Act.»

The duty to give advance notice and an opportunity to be heard to a person against whom a draconian statutory power is to be exercised is one of the oldest principles of what would now be called public law.

From 1 November 2005 a new regime came into place with the idea that unnecessary regulation would be taken away and courts should not be imposing draconian sanctions against solicitors where only a technical breach of the rules occurred.

Delivering judgment, Lord Sumption said the bank received no notice of the listing: «The duty to give advance notice and an opportunity to be heard to a person against whom a draconian statutory power is to be exercised is one of the oldest principles of what would not be called public law.»

SOPA was «a Draconian measure created during what some might suggest were the dark ages of media, when it basically went to war against viewers,» he told the E-Commerce Times.