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Which SCOTUS justice kept a red light outside his chambers that would illuminate when he took a call from the President?
Hint: A former clerk said (as recounted in the new book of essays by Todd Peppers and Clare Cushman, Of Courtiers and Kings: More Stories of Supreme Court Law Clerks and Their Justices): “When you come to the court tired because you were up to 2 a.m. picking out bombing targets — that sapped a lot of his energy and talent.”
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Answer: Justice Abe Fortas.