Congress' role is to
advice the President on foreign matters, which is ultimately his responsibility. The Embassy Act of 1995 say Jerusalem
should be recognized and that the future American embassy
should be built there by 1999.
Most importantly, it includes the waiver option for the sitting President if he does not want to heed that advice.
But if a President chooses to make that decision, he can be confident that he has
full mandate from the representatives of the American people, despite the outrage from the hyper-ventilating media who doesn't even want to talk about the Embassy Act when reporting this new development.
The constitutionality of the Embassy Act has never been challenged, nor does any President ever want to (for good reasons). They all just pay lip service about how much they supports it during the election phase, and then quietly negate on their campaign promises so they can keep the status quo.
That status quo (and the shadowplays behind Jerusalem) is no longer viable, especially now that Hamas and Fatah has put aside their differences to form a
unity Palestinian government, as Israeli apartments are
popping up all over the West Bank like poison mushrooms after the rain.
It's gonna be painful ripping the bandaid off the illusion, but it's necessary for everyone at the negotiation table to
face reality now, once and for all.