"coercive sanction" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is usually used to describe a punishment or enforcement measure that is meant to force someone to comply with a rule or policy. For example: "The principal imposed a coercive sanction on the student for breaking school regulations."
rather than as a coercive sanction that itself must be subject to judicial review". Id., at 38.
Instead, we gave effect to the principle that " 'if a statute does not specify a consequence for noncompliance with statutory timing provisions, the federal courts will not in the ordinary course impose their own coercive sanction.' " Barnhart, 537 U. S., at 159 (quoting United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property, 510 U. S. 43, 63 (1993)).
And it changes the intentionally coercive sanction of a total cut-off of Medicaid funds to a supposedly non-coercive cut-off of only the incremental funds that the Act makes available.
"Therefore, coercive sanctions are appropriate and necessary".
Studies of individual contracting provide some evidence that coercive sanctions may crowd out self enforcement, implying that too great a propensity by external actors to intervene in the contractual relationship may produce welfare losses.
The misguided path of illegal, coercive sanctions will only escalate the tensions and worsen the global perception of a hypocritical double standard aimed at depriving Iran of the rights enjoyed by other nations.
But undermining his domestic standing by limiting Iran's revenues stands a better chance of succeeding than diplomatic efforts to persuade the regime to suspend uranium enrichment voluntarily, or coercive sanctions.
Compared with the alternative of coercive sanctions, which are unlikely to bully Iran into submission, this proposal has the distinct advantage of providing a firm guarantee of Iran's peaceful nuclear activity, particularly if coupled with security guarantees for Iran.
Since then, Republicans have criticized him for not being tough enough with U.S. enemies, chastising him for not being more willing to use tougher, coercive sanctions in some cases and the threat of military force in others.
As six former European ambassadors to Iran in their recent open letter have confirmed, Iran is not in breach of its international obligations by enriching uranium for its reactors (under I.A.E.A. inspections and surveillance cameras), just as several other nations enjoy this right unimpeded by coercive sanctions.
Mr. Trump did not detail what might follow that conclusion, but the options on the table with North Korea — including more coercive sanctions that could target Chinese companies trading with the country, a military buildup and even the use of force — are all deeply objectionable to Beijing.
