<div> <p>With the government shutdown over, we examine the legality of a presidential command to fire nuclear weapons at a foreign state, absent a direct threat to the United States. The answer is quite complex.</p> </div>

With the government shutdown over, we examine the legality of a presidential command to fire nuclear weapons at a foreign state, absent a direct threat to the United States. The answer is quite complex.

 <p>With the government shutdown over, we examine the legality of a presidential command to fire nuclear weapons at a foreign state, absent a direct threat to the United States. The answer is quite complex.</p> 

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