The Counter-Constitutional Movement: “Institutionalist” Becomes the New “Oligarch” Label for the Far Left

Source: Jonathan Turley
by Jonathan Turley

“Pennsylvania state representative and Democratic Socialist Chris Rabb is the latest Democrat to reaffirm his alliance with virulent antisemite Hasan Piker. What is most notable, however, is his attack on establishment Democrats as ‘institutionalists’, a new label reflecting the radical agenda for changing our constitutional system. It is a term that is now in vogue on the far left by those who want to tear down our institutions and scrap our Constitution. Across the country, attacks are growing on Democrats and independents who are viewed as insufficiently radical. Those of us who continue to celebrate the Madisonian democracy as creating the most successful and stable republic in history are now ‘cultists’ and ‘institutionalists’ who are trapped in ‘nostalgia’. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) have drawn support from many who want a literal revolution.” (08/29/26)

https://jonathanturley.org/2026/08/29/f-that-noise-institutionalist-becomes-in-the-new-oligarch-label-for-the-far-left/