So did Republican presidential candidates know this and lied about it when running? Or were they so out of touch that they really didn’t know this?
I know what the Presidents have done, in the capacity of their office, but I really don’t remember what a candidate has said. There are only “three” candidates that matter, in any case ... :-) ...
There is a more PRIMARY REASON why this hasn’t been done. And that has to do more with the USA than anything in Israel.
Consistently ... the three Presidents have said it’s unconstitutional. No US Supreme Court decision has enforced it upon the Executive Branch of the Government. I’m pretty sure that it cannot be enforced in any case, and that there would never be a decision against the Executive Branch on this.
This basically CANNOT be forced upon the Executive Branch of government.
Jerusalem Embassy Act
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Embassy_Act
It was an "aspirational statement."