Did President Trump have legal authority to launch Iran strikes?

Jake Horton & Lucy Gilder

BBC Verify

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Since US President Donald Trump ordered strikes on several nuclear facilities in Iran over the weekend, Democrats as well as lawmakers from his own party have questioned his legal authority to do so.

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