By keeping the expression ‘commonwealth’ in their name the four states make a symbolic reference to commonwealth units in general, the Commonwealth of England in particular, and demonstrate their belief in that kind of political unit: the English Commonwealth was the beginning of the new era after the period of Kings, Queens and kingdoms ruling the country. The fact that the four commonwealth states are indeed a state and not a souvereign unit of some kind is established by their ratification of the Constitution respective the admittance into the Union. No, they don’t – it’s basically a historical reality and has no political or judicial consequences.Īll four states must integrate themselves into the legal system and the political order of the United States – in terms of the United States they are a state under the federal US Constitution, even when they use in their own State Constitution the expression “Commonwealth”, see e.g. Now the question is whether they have another status or not? There are 4 so-called “Commonwealth States” among the 50 US states:
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