Sentence examples for punitive powers from inspiring English sources

As far as Congress goes Nixon has lost his punitive powers be cause he's a lame duck.

And Congress, which created the agency in 1934, may soon expand the F.C.C.'s punitive powers from the current $27,500 for each violation.

The Confederate government would rely heavily on information volunteered by ordinary citizens, but if anyone proved reluctant to provide the government the information it sought, sequestration officials were given extraordinary punitive powers to search out and seize confiscable property.

In the Nafta negotiations, Clinton and Mickey Kantor, the United States trade representative, earnestly attempted to get Mexico and Canada to agree to set up commissions that would have significant punitive powers.

Under the constitution punitive powers are the preserve of the courts, yet the majority judges dodged that by saying that nothing punitive is happening in Nauru with our asylum seekers because they are bring processed for resettlement elsewhere.

Selig has also taken pains to quell the in-fighting among owners, recently using the punitive powers of his office — which will not extend to the next commissioner — to fine the Red Sox' John Henry $500,000 for criticizing revenue sharing.

This is a private company using government's punitive power to extract money from Georgia's poorest and least powerful.

Fearing fines or punitive power cuts, consumers took drastic measures, permanently unplugging microwaves, freezers and washing machines.

Justice Patrick Keane said the law remained valid irrespective of whether it granted a penal or punitive power.

The commission says that "the state's punitive power is being used to intimidate or punish people on account of their political opinions".

Hence, the punitive power of natural economic forces, which ultimately serves a constructive purpose by clearing the ground for more efficient businesses, was deadened and restrained.