Originally Posted by Ardy
Originally Posted by NW Ponderer
By the way, 'destroying America' starts by destroying the institutions of America - which means, the government. Isn't government supposed to represent the collective will of the people? And if one is attacking the collective will of the people, isn't one really attacking the people?

I have recently noticed that many US states call themselves "Commonwealth". What in the world were they thinking? Hmm

"Commonwealth" is the definition of some states that was established at the time of the state's origin. Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts are Commonwealths The term comes from English common law.

The term has no legal impact and Commonwealths are also called states. Virginia, for example, has a "state police," not a "commonwealth police." A driver charged with a reckless driving ticket in Virginia by the "state police" tried to beat it on the grounds that a "state police" could not exist in a commonwealth. The State Supreme Court ruled that commonwealths are also states and threw the case out.


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