Word: draconian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Draconian Draftsmanship. The casus belli was posed by Hershey's celebrated letter of Oct. 26, advising the nation's 4,081 draft boards to induct any draftdeferred protester whose actions were not in the "national interest." The Justice Department, all too aware in 20th century terms of the legal trouble "delinquents" and their families could make, held that so clearly punitive a process seemed to be indefensible under the First Amendment. Hershey, however, is a 19th century man, unread in constitutional law but totally committed to what used to be called Americanism...
...ethical problem regarding the proposed recipient of the heart. Obviously he is close to death, or such drastic surgery would not be contemplated. Yet his own heart must be cut out, which is tantamount to killing him, while he still retains vitality enough to withstand the most Draconian of operations. If the transplant should fail, he will certainly die. Thus the surgeons will, in effect, have killed him (as they might in any major operation), no matter how lofty their motive in trying to prolong his life and make it more satisfying...
...officer in an organization, is subject to immediate closing of probation, which is severance, either for academic or disciplinary reasons during that period. In other words, this is not what I would call mild action. But it was certainly not in the faculty's view over-reacting or Draconian...
...these reasons, it would seem to me highly desirable if the legislative authorities, national and local, were to revise the present laws with respect to marihuana, with their Draconian penalties. But I recognize that, as Charles Morgan phrased it, "Liberty is the room created by surrounding walls." And it is for the legislature to draw the lines of what is to be permitted as an open area of choice and what is to be prohibited as a social evil. So long as the legislature outlaws the possession of marihuana, the use of the drug, even in moderation, is fraught with...
Whatever the finding on Oteri's motion, antimarijuana laws will almost certainly not be wiped out by the current attack. In fact, only a few of marijuana's lawyer supporters favor untrammeled availability of pot. Most simply want to ease what they regard as Draconian penalties. Some reform does seem inevitable since even Food and Drug Administration Chief James Goddard agrees that the penalties for users are too severe...