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As I have posted before, I m a fan of using
empirical data to inform legal practice. Much as the evidence-based
medicine movement has taken hold in the field of medicine, the
practice of law should, wherever possible, rely on objective data
to inform our decision-making. Unfortunately, empirical legal work
remains at an early stage. While there are some academics embracing
empirical analysis, much of legal academic scholarship does not
involve the quantitative analysis of empirical data. In my view, it
is important for lawyers to test our intuitions whenever we can by
look at the current situation where we are force feeding detainees who are being held on a hunger strike. i m willing to cut the young lady who interrupted me some slack because it s worth being passionate about. is this who we are? is that something our founders foresaw? is that the america we want to leave our children? our sense of justice is stronger than that. president obama made those remarks in may, and that exact statement from president obama has now been quoted in a ruling from a federal judge. the judge has stated in her ruling that president obama may be lamenting the fact that we are force feeding people at guantanamo, but president obama, alone, not the courts, but the president, alone, has the power to end that practice if it should be ended. is that true? joining us now is rosa brooks, she s a professor at georgetown law. she s a senior fellow at the new america foundation.
professor brooks, thanks very much for being here tonight. it s nice to see you, rosa. good to see you, rachel. judge kessler says there is an individual who does have the authority to address this issue, in describing president obama. do you think that she is right in that? oh, absolutely. president obama is the commander in chief. it s the executive branch that s made a decision to resort to force feeding of detainees at guantanamo, and if president obama is extremely unhappy at that state of affairs, he can certainly change it. in terms of the controversy surrounding this issue,
from a federal judge. the judge has stated in her ruling that president obama may be lamenting the fact that we are force feeding people at guantanamo, but president obama, alone, not the courts, but the president, alone, has the power to end that practice if it should be ended. is that true? joining us now is rosa brooks, she s a professor at georgetown law. she s a senior fellow at the new america foundation. professor brooks, thanks very much for being here tonight. it s nice to see you, rosa. good to see you, rachel. judge kessler says there is an individual who does have the authority to address this issue, in describing president obama. do you think that she is right in that? oh, absolutely. president obama is the commander in chief. it s the executive branch that s made a decision to resort to force feeding of detainees at guantanamo, and if president obama is extremely unhappy at that state of affairs, he can certainly change it.
is that the america we want to leave our children? our sense of justice is stronger than that. president obama made those remarks in may, and that exact statement from president obama has now been quoted in a ruling from a federal judge. the judge has stated in her ruling that president obama may be lamenting the fact that we are force feeding people at guantanamo, but president obama, alone, not the courts, but the president, alone, has the power to end that practice if it should be ended. is that true? joining us now is rosa brooks, she s a professor at georgetown law. she s a seen yonior fellow at tw america foundation. professor brooks, thanks very much for being here tonight. it s nice to see you, rosa. good to see you, rachel. judge kessler says there is an individual who does have the authority to address this issue, in describing president obama. do you think that she is right in that? oh, absolutely. president obama is the commander in chief. it s the executive branch