Professor Vermeule does a fair job of distinguishing various schools of thought but makes a fatal error that tips his entire argument into a dumpster:

It is now possible to imagine a substantive moral constitutionalism that, although not enslaved to the original meaning of the Constitution, is also liberated from the left-liberals’ overarching sacramental narrative, the relentless expansion of individualistic autonomy.

To correlate the drive for ever greater individual autonomy with "left-liberals" while not acknowledging the right wing use of the idea to monopolize power and rights reminds me of that time I went to Denny's while experiencing peyote. Big mistake.

Adding to the disorientation is the professor's reference to another of his articles where he lambasts "Liberals" as true believers:

"Public life is full of mandatory rituals in which every politician, artist, writer, celebrity, teacher or any public figure is willing to participate, all to prove that their liberal-democratic creed springs spontaneously from the depths of their hearts.”

So, the Professor has his cake and eats yours too. The group calling for equal rights and justice along with the end of misery for whole groups of people is the mouth breathing moron we need to protect the country from.

I prefer my Hobbes without all the sauces and condiments.