Chad M. Oldfather

Publications

• Originalism, Methodolatry, and the Only Guarantee of Wisdom
  77 FLA. L. REV. 2183 (2025) · Florida Law Review · 2025
• Roberts, Rules, and Rucho
  Connecticut Law Review · 2022
• Some Observations on Separation of Powers and the Wisconsin Constitution
  105 MARQ. L. REV. 845 (2022) · Marquette Law Review · 2022
• Aesthetic Judging and the Constitution (or, Why Supreme Court Justices are Less Like Umpires and More Like Figure-Skating Judges)
  72 FLA. L. REV. 391 (2020) · Florida Law Review · 2020

• Umpires, Judges, and the Aesthetics of the Infield Fly
  13 FIU L. REV. 957 (2019) · FIU Law Review · 2019
• <i>The Scholar's Dilemma</i>
  101 MARQ. L. REV. 957 (2018) · Marquette Law Review · 2018
• Truthiness and the Marble Palace
  65 EMORY L.J. ONLINE 2001 (2016) · Emory Law Journal Online · 2016
• Of Judges, Law, and the River: Tacit Knowledge and the Judicial Role
  2015 J. DISP. RESOL. (2015) · Journal of Dispute Resolution · 2015
• Methodological Pluralism and Constitutional Interpretation
  80 BROOK. L. REV. (2014) · Brooklyn Law Review · 2014
• Of Umpires, Judges, and Metaphors: Adjudication in Aesthetic Sports and Its Implications for Law
  25 MARQ. SPORTS L. REV. 271 (2014) · Marquette Sports Law Review · 2014
• Introduction: Judicial Assistants or Junior Judges: The Hiring, Utilization, and Influence of Law Clerks
  98 MARQ. L. REV. 1 (2014) · Marquette Law Review · 2014
• Triangulating Judicial Responsiveness: Automated Content Analysis, Judicial Opinions, and the Methodology of Legal Scholarship
  64 FLA. L. REV. 1189 (2012) · Florida Law Review · 2012
• Judging, Expertise, and the Rule of Law
  89 WASH. U. L. REV. 847 (2012) · Washington University Law Review · 2012
• Till Death Do Us Part: Chief Justices and the United States Supreme Court
  95 MARQ. L. REV. 709 (2011) · Marquette Law Review · 2011
• Error Correction
  85 IND. L.J. (2010) · Indiana Law Journal · 2010

• Criminal Appeals: Past, Present, and Future
  93 MARQ. L. REV. 339 (2009) · Marquette Law Review · 2009
• Judges as Humans: Interdisciplinary Research and the Problems of Institutional Design
  36 HOFSTRA L. REV. (2007) · Hofstra Law Review · 2007
• Heuristics, Biases, and Criminal Defendants
  91 MARQ. L. REV. 249 (2007) · Marquette Law Review · 2007
• Remedying Judicial Inactivism: Opinions as Informational Regulation
  58 FLA. L. REV. 743 (2006) · Florida Law Review · 2006
• Appellate Courts, Historical Facts, and the Civil-Criminal Distinction
  57 VAND. L. REV. 437 (2004) · Vanderbilt Law Review · 2004
• Other Bad Acts and the Failure of Precedent
  28 WM. MITCHELL L. REV. (2001) · William Mitchell Law Review · 2001

• A Lost Opportunity: A Review of the American Law Institute's Reporters' Study on Enterprise Responsibility for Personal Injury
  30 SAN DIEGO L. REV. 307 (1993) · San Diego Law Review · 1993