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Marshall apologizes for 'red states' quip

SJC chief justice denies political cast

Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall delivered the commencement address at Brandeis University in May.
By Jonathan Saltzman
Globe Staff / December 3, 2005

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The chief justice of the state Supreme Judicial Court yesterday apologized for a joke she made at the beginning of her commencement speech at Brandeis University in May, when she quipped to spectators gathered beneath blue and white balloons, ''No red states here." (Full article: 1019 words)

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