Not necessarily. Just because a law makes something explicitly legal does not necessarily mean it was illegal before.
If a grey area in the law means you feel you can ride your bike in the street and then the city council passes a law saying explicitly that you can ride your bike in the street, does this mean you were breaking the law before?
Now, I don't agree that this is analogous to what has happened but I believe that the president and his people would claim it is.
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