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Court affirms need for comic relief

Did you know John Marshall, the former Supreme Court chief justice, kept a whoopee cushion under his desk for “special occasions”? Or that early 20th century Justice Rufus Peckham would occasionally appear on the bench as his alter ego, Doofus Peckham, complete with cockney accent?

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