Chad Oldfather
@oldfatherc.bsky.social
Marquette lawprof / State & fed con law, judicial process / Deeply Minnesotan / Out now: Judges, Judging, & Judgment (Cambridge U Press 2025) / Next: Glacial Morainebilly Elegy (placeholder title / about growing up rural in Tim Walz’s neck of the woods)
"What fools you're going to be ... if you allow your attention to get focused exclusively upon the rules of law laid down in the case. Those are good to know. You can't do without 'em. But they're only the first little tittle of what a case ought to yield you if you study it for the law."
August 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"What fools you're going to be ... if you allow your attention to get focused exclusively upon the rules of law laid down in the case. Those are good to know. You can't do without 'em. But they're only the first little tittle of what a case ought to yield you if you study it for the law."
Mine's similar: That the westernmost part of Virginia is west of Detroit.
August 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Mine's similar: That the westernmost part of Virginia is west of Detroit.
Huh. I’ve been serving up healthy portions of realism, poli sci, psychology, and more for a couple decades now. Especially in con law classes. Didn’t realize I was an outlier…
August 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Huh. I’ve been serving up healthy portions of realism, poli sci, psychology, and more for a couple decades now. Especially in con law classes. Didn’t realize I was an outlier…
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