Andrew, Harry, or...
If a valid name is reduced to a SUBJECTIVE junior synonym in a proper publication, is it no longer a valid name?  Does it need to have a formal re-review, placing it back as a valid species before it can be considered valid?

Allen Aigen
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>Article 23.1 of the current edition of the International Code of
>Zoological Nomenclature states: "23. 1. Statement of Principle of
>Priority. The valid name of a taxon is the oldest available name
>applied to it, unless that name has been invalidated or another name
>is given precedence by any provision of the Code or by any ruling of
>the Commission. For this reason priority applies to the validity of
>synonyms, to the relative precedence of homonyms..."
>
>In a nutshell, according to the Code, junior synonyms are not valid names.

If a name is not invalid it is valid...