Rejecting wider suggestions in the earlier cases, Lange decided that the freedom can be found only in the "text and structure" of the Constitution and not by reference to any general legal or political principles, for example that of "democracy".
“兰恩”案的判决中没有接受此前案例中较广的意见，而决定此自由局限在能够在《宪法》的“条文和结构”中找到的范围，而不能诉诸笼统的法律或政治原则，例如“民主”原则。