Sentences with phrase «most draconian»

Gordon J. gave no reasons for his order and it can not be ascertained why he ordered the most draconian remedy available in the circumstances.

English courts possess the most draconian powers to remove children from their parents in Europe and have twice the number of permanent removals than in Scotland, yet the government maintains that these courts must remain behind closed doors to protect a child's right to privacy.

Ontario has one of the most draconian penalty provisions for impaired driving anywhere in the world and our law - makers show no signs of reversing that trend.

Now before you read any further, let me say that the one to read in these matters is Michael Geist, especially as he is all over the most draconian aspect of this new bill, namely how the digital lock provisions trump all other rights.

The banks wrote some of the most draconian laws ever written governing loans, where if the loan goes into default, the borrower can't get a business license for his profession,

Failing to take out enough triggers one of the most draconian of all IRS penalties:

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.

In response to today's Budget, Unison general secretary Dave Prentis accused the chancellor of producing the most draconian Budget in decades.

In response to the constant danger of terrorism, Britain will have adopted one of the most draconian anti-terrorist systems in the western world.

«The UK probably has the most draconian laws in the western world when it comes to restrictions on political advertising,» Eustice said.

«There is no reason Missouri should have the most draconian law on the books regarding this when normally we lead the nation in promoting consumer choice,» said Loudon, whose wife gave birth to a healthy baby after the midwife identified why she had been having repeated miscarriages — a diagnosis that had eluded physicians.

He has started to develop the same crazy views here in Texas, making him the most draconian Governor I'd say we've ever had.

It is unliveable at the level of society: hence, in Britain we have a government that lauds the freedom of the individual (and it should be noted in passing, but noted very well, that our present generation of politicians rarely talk of the «human person» or just of the «person», but usually of the «individual») but which has brought in some of the most draconian legislation in Europe designed to control what people say and do on certain issues so that society can proceed in its life as a unity and not just as a mere collection of individuals.

Alexis Tsipras was on course on Monday night to sway radical - leftist Syriza MPs to accept the most draconian rescue of a sovereign nation since the second world war, after the Greek prime minister accepted a third bailout programme that one analyst said came after a weekend of «gunboat diplomacy».

Not exact matches

The FTC asked the court to prevent Willms from transacting most business while the case is ongoing, which his lawyer calls «draconian» since the disputed sites are no longer operating.

It's clear what his priorities are, to punish those programs and people most deserving of funding in order to portray the «draconian» 1.2 % cut in the growth of spending as nigh unto apocalyptic.

To me, the most effective way of doing so is pointing out the sheer absurdity of their beliefs in public forums such as this, so as to weaken the underlying social support and impetus for such draconian views.

Yet for all our disagreements on baptism, and for all the draconian ways in which our ancestors sometimes dealt with them (drowning, for instance), the most striking feature of the baptismal waters is not the way they divide but the way they unite.

Most of their complaints nowadays seem to consist of screeching about complementary foods marketed to babies from 4 months old instead of 6 months (though the Europeans have long since gone back to recommending complementary feeding at that age) and enforcing the outdated, draconian WHO Code as if it were the Holy Bible.

Many worry that authoritarian politicians are using the heightened state of alarm to smuggle in draconian new pieces of legislation, not least on media freedom - although on that matter the media handed politicians most of the weapons they would need to challenge them due to their catastrophic mishandling of events following the Charlie Hebdo attack.

The MPs, two of the most influential politicians in the immigration debate, suggest that draconian action should now be considered «during periods of high unemployment» — such as now — to protect low - skilled British workers struggling to compete with foreigners for jobs.»

Who would have predicted that Spain would be bringing in a draconian bill to end women's rights to safe abortion, making it one of the most restrictive countries in Europe?

That was in response to the Governor Andrew Cuomo's new laws which most gunners considered draconian.

There was confusion among Corbyn spokespeople, but, by the end of the campaign, Corbyn's policy of continuing most of the planned draconian cuts to welfare was confirmed as still in place.

«The roaring sound you hear is Cillizza avoiding any mention of the most important news in politics since HCR, which he also avoided: the Draconian immigration law passed in Arizona.

Nothing is stopping them from setting up private academies — but they not only want public money they actually want to shift money from public schools to their «public» charter academies... public except for the fact that they violate the most fundamental issues of Brown vs. Board of Education, they have not unions, they have discipline policies that are draconian and the out - migrate anyone who doesn't meet their criteria.

Ms. Rhee, one of the most polarizing figures in public education, resigned as chancellor after Mayor Adrian M. Fenty lost Washington's 2010 Democratic primary, a defeat that political analysts said was, in part, fallout from the draconian school policies that Mr. Fenty and Ms. Rhee carried out from 2007 through 2010.

How much all this matters beyond hardcore school - reform circles is arguable, and some said the report speaks more to Rhee's own Draconian standards than the political realities in most states, including New Jersey.

While it is tragic that politicians are cutting costs at institutions that benefit the most people, it is the book industry that is also shooting itself in the foot with their draconian policies.

These draconian events affected, among others, most of the country's manufacturing base, including automobile manufacturers and suppliers; integrated steel mills; aluminum smelters; base metal companies; airlines; real estate (twice); savings and loans (twice); energy; agriculture; computer hardware; defense suppliers; home builders; and department stores.

A number of U.S. states have enacted draconian Breed Specific Legislation (BSL), meaning that even the most loving, protective family pets can be forcibly removed from their families, simply for being Pit Bulls.

PORTLAND, OR — A landmark study published last year in one of America's most respected scholarly journals provides powerful evidence that «feel - good» legislation — indiscriminate and / or unenforceable bans, as well as draconian sanctions applied to behavior that is already illegal — degrades respect for law and reduces compliance, while aggravating (or at best, failing to improve) the problems these laws were supposedly enacted to solve.

The big «but» in all of this is Chase Bank's draconian 5/24 rule (read this post for more details) which means, for most of their credit cards, if you've opened more than 4 credit cards with any bank in the last 2 years, they probably will not approve you for any of their SW cards.

In fact, Ubisoft have had a rather chequered history with DRM, seeing as a printing error forced them to redact Driver: San Francisco online passes, Anno 2070's draconian anti-piracy software requires new installs for hardware upgrades and most games end up being cracked regardless.

The response of the guardians will probably be violently draconian in most cases.

Cycling to work today as I have for most of my life I can not call it draconian, but I agree everyone chooses.

In this case of encouraging and draconian measures, the range is most likely, not likely.

Let's look at Texas; they pushed most Planned Parenthood clinics out of business with draconian laws.

After the president had agreed to raise taxes, rather than make the draconian cuts needed to adhere to the law, it became clear he'd been saying, «Don't nuke Texas,» when most of us thought he'd said, «No new taxes.»