MOVE US EMBASSY TO JERUSALEM?: Jeb Bush told reporters on Saturday that the U.S. should move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, as he agrees that it is the capital of Israel. The issue is controversial because, although there is a federal law that recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the past three presidents, including Obama, have waived the law under their constitutional authority to receive foreign governments under Article II, section 3. The disagreement between the legislative and executive branches on the status of Jerusalem has caused the issue to reach the Supreme Court, which is presently considering the case of Zivotofsky v. Kerry, involving a plaintiff’s desire to have his U.S. passport list his place of birth as “Jerusalem, Israel.”
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