Rethinking presidential first use: Presidential first use is unlawful / Which nuclear scenarios are at issue? / Allocating nuclear war powers under the Constitution: The Constitution, nuclear weapons, and deterrence: an analysis of the FAS proposal / Congressional limits on the Commander in Chief: the FAS proposal / The NATO Treaty: the commitment myth / Congressional authority to regulate the use of nuclear weapons / Debate: allocating nuclear war powers under the Constitution -- The form of congressional participation: War making under the Constitution and the first use of nuclear weapons / First use of nuclear weapons: the constitutional role of a congressional leadership committee / The FAS proposal: valid check or unconstitutional veto? / Problems of implementation of congressional control: Congressional authorization of nuclear first use: problems of implementation / A congressional committee on national security: the perspective from the Hill / The justiciability of the FAS proposal / The constitutionality of the FAS proposal: a critical summary