Word: overstep
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...that very reason that police chiefs in many communities feel a certain unease about assisting federal authorities in such an undertaking. While they want to fulfill their patriotic desire to assist the investigation of the Sept. 11 attacks, the police do not want to overstep their moral boundaries by violating our civil liberties. In fact, the police department of Portland, Ore. was the first to refuse to cooperate with federal officials when it decided not to participate in the interviewing of Middle Eastern immigrants because of the racial profiling it entailed...
...drags on, it will likely become more and more difficult to keep informed. Still, as American citizens, it is our responsibility to seek out this information—even if the news media is less than forthcoming—to ensure that our government does not overstep its bounds...
...advises the president to empower the federal government to seize land for the construction of electricity transmission lines. Governors and state representatives are already furious. The rest of us can just think of it as a small reminder of the eagerness with which the two parties are willing to overstep the usual bounds of the federalist debate when it's convenient...
FINDS FOR GORE! [or] FINDS FOR BUSH! Decides the Florida Supreme Decides that the Florida Court did not usurp the Supreme Court did overstep Florida legislature's power its bounds in extending the when it extended the deadline ballot-counting deadline from...
Greenspan's goal is to slow the economy just enough to quell inflationary pressures resulting from torrid growth and rising wages. He pulled it off with a series of rate increases in 1994. Still, economic engineering is inexact. The risk is that he'll overstep, slowing things to the point where consumers disappear, corporate profits tumble and layoffs mount. It's a legitimate fear voiced by a growing number of Greenspan detractors...