Sentence examples for enforce draconian from inspiring English sources

Others enforce draconian regimes of after-school study and all-too constructive leisure.

The president, who as a candidate spoke out against prejudice and making immigrants scapegoats, is going to enforce draconian laws against illegal immigrants, no matter what the hardship may be on their U.S. citizen spouses and children, while doing nothing about reform.

It is high time for our governments to gather in unity to draw up and enforce draconian measures to protect and restore our blue life-support system.

It has enforced draconian drug laws and spent millions on public education to stem its distinction as a pot mecca.

On one side are Pasok and New Democracy, formerly mainstream forces whose support base was shattered at the last election as they were blamed for enforcing draconian spending cuts.

Some member states, notably Italy, have responded to the influx of Roma from other member states by enforcing draconian emergency measures, evicting Roma from their homes, herding them into controlled "camps" and otherwise discouraging Roma from exercising their right to free movement (and many other rights in addition).

The U.S. is one of the few industrialized countries still enforcing draconian anti-drug laws.

"We do not believe a court in the United States of America will enforce the draconian penalties imposed on Mr Sterling in these circumstances, and indeed, we believe that preservation of Mr Sterling's constitutional rights requires that these sham proceedings be terminated in Mr Sterling's favor," the response said.

These incidents, Ebadolahi wrote, are "part of a pattern of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse by Customs and Border Protection officials against child immigrants that existed long before President Trump emboldened the agency by unleashing its officers to enforce his draconian immigration policies".

Though the city of Homs is under control of the Syrian central government, Islamic State fighters do have a foothold in rural areas nearby, where they enforce a draconian version of Sharia law that makes homosexuality punishable by death. .

Nor need it enforce its draconian laws against freedom of expression very often, because one or two exemplary punishments and a few subtle warnings to others that their law-breaking has been noted will chill most dissent.