Why liberal constitutionalism can lead to populism (II)

Loughlin believes that, at their best moments, so-called ‘populists’ are intuitively aware of the cage that has come up over democracy and turn against it. That is no small achievement. For many a political scientist and constitutional law scholar, this constituted - and constitutes - a blind spot.

Loughlin observes that, unlike liberalism, socialism, or…