Sentence examples similar to harsh ordinance from inspiring English sources

In Hazleton, Pa., and then in Herndon, Va., judges have ruled against harsh anti-immigrant ordinances.

He wasn't willing to challenge the harsh, self-denying ordinances that a series of Roman popes had foisted on Christianity during the Middle Ages.

"Looking to correct an impression that his harsh criticism of the ordinance protecting convicted legislators from losing their seats belittled Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mr Gandhi heaped praise on Singh, calling him one of two gurus in his life," reports The Times of India.

With India's electorate increasingly frustrated over a drumbeat of corruption cases, the ordinance has come under harsh criticism.

While the laws vary from city to city, one of the harshest is in Sarasota, Florida, which passed an ordinance in 2005 that makes it illegal to "engage in digging or earth-breaking activities" – that is, to build a latrine – cook, make a fire, or be asleep and "when awakened state that he or she has no other place to live".

The real estate mogul launched his presidential campaign on a harsh anti-immigrant platform reminiscent of Hazleton's decade-old ordinance.

While a sanctuary ordinance may sound esoteric enough, the reality is much more harsh.

"We welcome some of the things mentioned in the ordinance such as the inclusion of graded sexual abuse and harsher punishment for sexual offenses," said Annie Raja, general secretary of the National Federation of Indian Women.

The 4-to-3 ruling said only state law can mete out punishment for drug and prostitution offenses and that without authorization from the California Legislature, cities cannot pass seizure ordinances that are harsher than state and federal laws.

The ordinance failed anyway.

But the ordinance was popular.