Sentence examples for draconian proposal from inspiring English sources

So it was alarming to hear reports from Capitol Hill that the administration supports a draconian proposal to round up foreigners on mere suspicions and send them home to nations notorious for engaging in torture and abuse.

Even the most draconian proposal — to reinstate flight limits to ease the bottlenecks at Kennedy — might backfire, industry analysts say, because airlines would end up shifting flights to Newark Airport, which is already strained.

However, the new revenue projections allowed the governor, in his revised budget proposal, to ease the state's tax bite and to restore some spending for public education, rather than present what many had expected: a draconian proposal for deeper and harsher budget cuts to close the state's huge budget gap.

It is now watering down its commitment to human rights where possible; it has put forward a draconian proposal to increase the probationary period for marriage to a "foreigner" from two years to five years, which will affect a much larger number of people.

"It is a draconian proposal because it would envisage getting rid of ordinary principles of common law which put the burden on the prosecution to prove its case by introducing a rebuttable presumption," the Conservative MP said.

"It's a draconian proposal, we are not overestimating the threat," Draginja Nadazdin, director of Amnesty International's Poland office, said.

Those punishments lead the list of draconian proposals.

Such draconian proposals often win public applause in the traumatized aftermath of riots.

Not only have the draconian proposals been blasted for censorship, they also pose privacy concerns.

As for his more draconian proposals, Mr. Schäuble's aides said he welcomed the sharp reaction.

But the 82nd Legislature, as a whole, did not have the stomach for the most draconian proposals.