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The new powers to award taught degrees were conferred by the Privy Council - an advisory body to the King, whose members are known as Privy Counsellors - and approved by the Scottish Parliament.

The appeal court judges - Lady Dorrian, Lord Matthews and Lady Wise - conferred in a huddle then returned to their seats and told Packer that the appeal was being refused.

He also pledged to "never use the powers conferred upon me for personal interests".

A different America replaces it, one where the presidency can be contested by violence, with judicially conferred immunity for an attempted seizure of power.

The rabbi walked through Jewish teachings that applied to the ethical quandary and conferred with other experts, penning a set of recommendations called the Vienna Protocol.