Does the conviction of Marine Le Pen set a dangerous precedent?

Judicial interference in democracy is never a good idea.

I suppose we might call it ‘demophobia’, a fear of the common people harboured by many European elites. Vice-president J. D. Vance drew attention to this phenomenon at his recent talk at the Munich Security Conference when he accused leaders of ‘running in fear of your own voters’. His address was greeted with scorn by many of its targets, but the convi…