In a speech to mark the 30th anniversary of the present constitution, he gave as good a defence of constitutionalism as any, by quoting the 1982 version's Article 5: "No organisation or individual has the privilege to overstep the constitution and the law".
Occasionally, of course, the fervour of the fans has led them to overstep the mark, as in Brookline in 1999.
"We haven't wanted to overstep any boundaries, but she sends us e-mails every so often, whenever she does anything significant that she hasn't been able to do because she didn't have the money".
Even Mr Clark sensed his libido might have caused him to overstep the mark: "I deserve to be horsewhipped.
They had taken care not to overstep legal boundaries and had documented their decisions.
In practice a total ban on informal talks is unenforceable, but Hammond will have to tread carefully not to overstep the commission's attempt to block such talks.
You have to be careful not to overstep the line".
No organisation or individual, he declared, had a "special right to overstep the constitution and law".
That could have led the company to overstep its boundaries and attempt to recreate itself as the broadband equivalent of a full service network, offering both connectivity and content.
You have to be careful and not overstep the line from being relaxed to being tedious and I think we've kept on the right side of that".
