'Wir sind das Volk': notes about the notion of 'The people' as occasioned by the Lissabon Urteil

Leipzig 1989: dissolution of the East German state people or Staatsvolk - Karlsruhe 2020: dissolution of the German people - Courts and the people as a neglected constitutional relationship - Bundesverfassungsgericht's versions of the people - Analysis of the concept of people - Forms of action - Political people breaks down into two: original and electoral people - Marbury v. Madison - Duality as a matter of doctrine and principle - Duality in Lissabon Urteil - Conflation and reduction of authority to vote - Subordination of electoral to original people - The Court's logic pushed into motion - Exposing the constitution