A student was suspended from school for delivering an offensive speech with vulgarities to the student body, though the speech a
ddressed valid issues at the school. The Supreme Court held that the students free-speech rights were not violated by the suspension. This scenario is an example of the tension that can occur between individualism and
The idea of "rule of law" is considered a structuring principle of contemporary constitutionalism, being responsible for containing arbitrary temptations to exercise State power. It reveals the main idea that the exercise of political power must always take place in accordance with the law. Illustrative is that maxim of a law that orders are not obeyed because they were given by an authority: orders are obeyed when they are in accordance with the law and were given by authorities legally vested with the power to do so.
