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Some former CDC leaders said a shift away from a central, authoritative voice in public health could cause confusion.

The Alliance Defending Freedom, a right-wing Christian organization that purports to “affirm the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God,” has lent several of its attorneys to represent Chiles in the case.

The government says the proposed new digital ID - which will cost the user nothing - "will be the authoritative proof of who someone is and their residency status in this country".

Sir Menzies Campbell, latterly Lord Campbell of Pittenweem but usually known as Ming, was one of Westminster's most distinctive and authoritative voices.

The critical gesture of removal at once recognized the authoritative potency of the father, while insisting that the son was necessarily charged with representing a changed world.