5.At his confirmation hearings for the post of secretary of state he rode roughshod over his interrogators (“No one has a monopoly on virtue, not even you, senator”).
6.For aggressive bot providers accused of riding roughshod over intellectual property (IP), Mr Nash has a simple message that sounds, from a music-industry veteran of the Napster era, like a threat.
7.A majority could not run roughshod over the interests of the states or the rights of the people because legislation had to come out of a bicameral legislature and be acceded to by the president.