Commonwealth states originally had language in their constitutions defining them as commonwealths. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Virginia, and Pennsylvania have legal names containing "commonwealth." There ...

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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania is one of two intermediate appellate courts in the state and is made up of nine judges. Established in 1968, the court has a unique mandate among appellate ...

Donald Trump suggested America could join King Charles III's Commonwealth prompting a MAGA backlash—though some may have misconstrued exactly what membership of the voluntary association of 56 states ...