constituent power, n.All

Constituent power (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not mere force, for Schmitt, but the formless founding power tied to every constitution, which no constitution can deny.

Constituent power (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠where a destituent potential gets captured and neutralized, so that it can be turned only against one historical form of power, never against power as such.

Constituent power (n.) worthy ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠of the name is not a power that produces a separate constituted power, but only the power that can constitute itself as constituent.