nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/1a426939142f68ac DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260106s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/1a426939142f68ac doi eng 342 23 Bugaric, Bojan Author aut Defending Democracy Against Itself - Paradoxes of Militant Democracy Bugaric, Bojan Verfassungsblog 2026-01-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Five years ago today, Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol after his defeat in the 2020 election. Two years ago, in Trump v. Anderson, the U.S. Supreme Court kept Trump on the presidential ballot. What would the world look like if militant democracy had prevailed in the United States? Maybe not so different after all. Democracy is best defended not by banning its opponents, but by renewing popular support through participation, persuasion, and substantive reform. CC BY-SA 4.0 Authoritarian Populism Democracy Theory Militant Democracy Populism Streitbare Demokratie democracy (DE-588)4140182-7 gnd Streitbare Demokratie Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/militant-democracy-populism/ raw object