There's a pretty infamous Judge Judy case where she ordered a guy to return a dog and as he was walking out he said he wasn't giving the dog back. She had him brought back and asked where he was from and how much he was getting paid to be there and he lied about it. So she had him brought back again and told him that she wanted the name and number of the people that had the dog and that she was having the dog picked up and that if he didn't give that information, he and his girlfriend wouldn't get paid and their return flight tickets would be canceled and they would have to fly themselves home because they'd signed a contract with the show and if he didn't follow his agreement with the show then the show had no obligation to pay him or fly him home. The lady got her dog. 🤣🤣
Love it. I have actually seen a few cases where she thinks both litigants (plaintiff and defendant) are making up a story to scam the show and she threatens to withhold their plane tickets.
Dani There was a worse one than that several years ago. A family sued a neighbor over the theft of a puppy that had been reported lost. The puppy belonged to their 10-year-old son and they had posted fliers, ran ads and covered every base. This jerk neighbor found the puppy several weeks later, showed it to the family who identified it, but refused to give it back or claim the reward. The family sued. Jerk Judy decided the case, not on the merits, the facts or the law, but on whom she felt the puppy related to more, the little boy or the thief. So she placed the puppy in the center of the floor and had the thief and the little boy stand ten feet away and call him. Naturally, the puppy ran to the thief, so Jerk Judy awarded the puppy to the thief "because that's who he was more familiar with". She gave the family a couple hundred dollars and told them to go buy their kid another dog. Meanwhile, the little boy was screaming out loud in tears. I watched for this episode to make it to You Tube and when it did, the Jerk Judy show pulled it. This is the leading reason I absolutely detest Jerk Judy and her twisted practice of law. I am aware how formalities are often dismissed in the interest of brevity, but this abuse in the name of ratings just went too far. As a practicing mediator and arbitrator, the spirit of the practice is to follow the law as closely as possible. All of these TV court programs are arbitrations where the litigants agree in advance to the show's use of altered rules. But what the Wicked Witch From Flatbush did in this case went beyond the practice of law by anyone's standards. For someone so greedy they must pull in $49 million a year, I would have expected a little more respect for the law.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 To me, that sounds like she was treating the dog like a child in family court - Considering the wellbeing of the dog, and the trauma of relocating it. Not appropriate, in my opinion, and I’m sure it was played up for ratings, but interesting considering Judy’s history in family court.
@@WiggyWamWam I agree, I've seen cases where animals were treated like children. In fact, pets are considered property, but non-pet animals, such as chickens, rabbits, geese, ducks, horses, pigs, etc. are often treated as livestock for the purposes of assessing damages.
I have to say, her decision to start a TV show where the cases are petty disputes makes a lot more sense to me knowing that she spent most of her career in family court. I can imagine doing that day and out could bring some heavy cases with high stakes.
The first time I saw her handle a family law case, my respect for her increased. She behaved seriously and professionally. I had become very annoyed with her using the bench inappropriately for entertainment value. It promoted the idea that ANYONE is capable of adjudicating a case: you just pile on the litigant who annoys you. Sort of a precursor to what we have online now. I don't like her.
Fair question, rudely put. Maybe it's more accurate to say I was surprised and heartened to see her behavior and demeanor during that particular case, rather than imply that I began to respect her for the way she conducts the show in general. @@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602
So I work at a courthouse, and maybe 2-3 years ago, I had scanned in a letter dismissing a small claims case cause they were taking the case to Judge Judy 🤣 there was also another one where they were taking their case to Judge Jerry, and my department collectively had our minds blown finding out it was Jerry freakin Springer 🤣
judy would never do us like that. Also unrelated but in the uk our version of judge judy is called judge rinder and he’s gay shady and very entertaining lmao, and i would personally trust him with my rights tbh
@@StereotypicalJordie its literally so messy and good there was one episode where a woman whos a full time pirate impersonator stole a treasure chest full of jewelry
I met Judy once in NY about 20 years ago, I believe it was at a plant nursery if memory serves me correctly and she was really cool. I asked her how she got so many people to want to settle on the show rather than going to court, and I don't remember her exact words but it was something along the lines of, I have a great team reaching out to people and I think there are also a lot of people who think it will be easier to BS me than a regular Court. I said to her apparently they've never watched your show, and she just smiled.
My old landlord was on People’s Court in 2006 or so. He said there was a $5000 fund for the case. The award came out of that fund and any remaining money was divided equally between the two parties.
Yup. Facts. I sued a landlord and they reached out to me and I was like: "Why not?" Their lawyer tried to use that against me in the actual court. That I was "making a mockery of the Justice System". Didn't work - they just ended up having to give me my security deposit back out of their own $$$ and paying for the lawyer. 😂
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 WTF is "bone-nose" supposed to mean? How he got a the original job was, short version, as stated, he had been a bailiff in her New York courtroom for some time. When she got the TV show he had retired and was working as a security guard. He knew her and called just to congratulate her on the show being picked up. She told him they needed a bailiff for the show and if he wanted the job it was his. As to how he didn't move to the new show, there's not really a short version. There's a couple stories, none directly contradictory. According to JJ Byrd's wife was sick and he intended to take some time off to take care of her. According to Byrd that is not false, except by the time she was seriously getting into setting up the new show his wife had recovered. He said when he asked her about it she basically told him the new show didn't have the funding to pay him. Although he was annoyed that nobody even bothered to talk to him, as he would have happily taken a pay cut, he had no ill will towards JJ for it. There are some other snubs as well, but it's likely he doesn't really have any ill will as he was set to be on "Tribunal" which included JJ's son as one of the judges, but I can't find anything more recent than last year on that.
@@jakeand9020 Jerk and Bone-nose are people who write something enticing, then don't bother to follow it up. You know... like you did a year ago. "... didn't have the funds to pay him" is the Greedy Goofball's way of saying "They refused to pay me what I demanded." That's show-biz, bro!
A friend of mine in High School (graduating class of 1995) had a mother who did parties in costume. She was seen at a party as a Belly Dancer and then hired to be Elvira for another party. She spent some time in the front doing her Elvira impersonation and then the rest was interacting with the party people, passing out cards, etc... Well, the person refused to pay because she didn't do the veil dance and she felt the time she interacted with the party people shouldn't be included in her time. She didn't even give her any partial payments. She agreed to go on Judge Judy because it was great exposure (she showed up as Elvira). She was also on shaky ground contractually with the client because her time was not spelled out that well and she included the time interacting with guests as a performance. After Judge Judy, she got a lawyer to write up her contract a lot clearer. So there were no surprises about what she was doing when and why. Going on Judge Judy let her demonstrate what she was doing and why belly dancing was not an option for Elvira and it was not promised. She also went on there because she felt she was in the right ethically with what she delivered but the court system would be more likely to rely on the contract, which was not that clear. She ended up winning her case and she got a ton of publicity for it. This is from my memory about watching the episode decades ago and what I remember. So I may be misremembering small details. Hopefully not :).
I know this is not the point of your story, but Elvira is a licensed character and I'm surprised she was able to portray her and be paid. Let alone show up on TV dressed like her. Seems odd.
I don't know the particulars about that. Only that it is very similar to people dressing up now as Disney characters for kids' birthday shows. It was a celebrity impersonation, to the best of my knowledge. And she never said she was Cassandra, the actress who played Elvira. She may not have said she was Elvira, even though she was obviously dressed up as Elvira. She wore it to the show to demonstrate that there was no way she could do the veil dance in the costume chosen. And because showing up in a costume meant she was more likely to win.
Back in 2004 I had to go in for jury duty. The thing I remember most other than the case, was while we were waiting to be called in, there was a tv and they told us we could watch anything except for shows like Judge Judy, Peoples Court, etc.
When I went for jury duty, they had two TVs - one tuned to stupid soap operas and the other tuned to the OJ Simpson trial. Guess which one the crowd gravitated toward?
I love court tv shows. I like how Judge Judy sorts through the facts of the case and even though she can occasionally be rude, she's NEVER sidetracked by irrelevant grandstanding. Judy's opinions are sometimes more conservative than mine but I appreciate how level headed and bipartisan she is when looking at the issues even if her perspective is not my own. I do like the other lady judges though too like Judge Mabilene was one of my favorites. Thanks for making this video Leeja, loved your research.
She assumes way too much without any evidence. She doesn't always know when people are lying but thinks she knows how to read everyone. As if her being a judge gives her some sort of psychic abilities.
I just cannot comprehend the fact as to how people still want to have their cases heard by Judge Judy. She's been on TV for almost 30 years, just about everybody in the world knows what kind of belligerent temperament she has, so why in the world are they going to her court when they know that they're going to end up being yelled at, insulted, demeaned, and even humiliated on national TV by her? "15 minutes of fame"? More like 15 minutes of shame for the people who appear on her show, I don't care if they offered me a billion dollars, it'd be a cold day in Hell before I ever decide to come to her court to have my case heard by her...
I agree. The fact that she hasn't been held accountable for her actions is troublesome. I doubt she'd be able to get away with that stuff in a normal courtroom setting because judges are bound by the judicial code of conduct.
Jim Clemente’s (the FBI profiler) prosecutor days were during her criminal court days and he always speaks so fondly of her when he tells his stories from that time period. The way he tells it, she was no nonsense but was also compassionate and tried to give all parties the best chance at getting a fair shot in the courtroom.
Finding out you had a 90 day fiance reaction series just now has made my day I can't wait to watch haha. Perfect for watching in between your super serious and heavy videos here on this channel 🤣
I've always loved Judge Judy she's awesome. I did used to take the cases with a pinch of salt though mainly because I didn't want to believe people were that stupid!
I think having different sets for different channels (or topics) is genious! It makes me instantly know, what is going to happen in the episode! You have a different room, but youtibers could literally use difeerent backgrund/green screen to pretty much color code their channel. I love it!
Hi Leeja, I once caught an episode of Judge Judy where the plaintiff loaned her car to her friend whom had parked the car and was later locked out of the car due to a faulty door lock mechanism that the plaintiff was well aware of. Afterward, the friend told the plaintiff that she could not access the car to move it so plaintiff gave instructions to the friend on how to break into the car. The friend (a black woman) understandably refused to break into the car. Judge Judy to my shock sided with the plaintiff and ordered the friend to pay the plaintiff all of the charges. I thought that was wrong however now that your video explains arbitration, I now realise that Judge Judy could do what she wants!
I have only ever seen three snippets of Judge Judy in my life, totaling less than 1 minute of time; the very first one was in her first season, for some reason I had to walk through my dorms common room where a large crowd was watching her and one of the participants described their car going out of control, to which she responded snarkily, and I said "well someone learned physics from Aristotle and not Newton, I hope I never end up in her court". I have no idea if the issue revolved around what happened in that moment, or if her incorrect assessment of the physics would change the verdict, but it left a very sour taste in my mouth, which is why I've actively avoided her since then.
💕💕💕 Thank you for restoring some of my faith in the intelligence of people out there. You know what I’m talking about. Your video really helped me to explain to my daughter why it was so uncomfortable watching what happened. Thanks 🙏 💕
I’m loving #JudyJustice her granddaughter Sara helps her in technology googling during cases at times.. I’ve watched all of the episodes #LovingIt #Balogna
When I was helping out my elderly dad, he watched JJ every day. I could not stand her. I thought "judges" were supposed to at least appear to be impartial. She was angry all the time. She loved insulting and humiliating people. But my dad loved her. It kind of tells you what my parents' marriage was like and what the family dynamics were in our family.
I'm happy I found your channel. You are such a great speaker and content creator. I literally gave zero fucks about this topic until I saw you posted a video on it.
I don't know if you've seen it, but the last few seasons of The Good Fight tackle EXACTLY this issue. They have a full storyline about courtrooms "for the people" because people don't trust the justice system!
My neighbour took me to court over total bs lies in Australia. I did proper research before it, watched all the real Australian court stuff I could & read up on what to expect. My experience was that I should have watched Judge Judy instead, cause my experience was very much like a judge judy episode. Judge was a little more respectful in how she said what she had to say, but she still had a lot of Judge Judy style attitude towards my neighbour who was clearly wasting everyone's time & making up total lies. Room wasn't significantly different to the judge judy set up either
I LOVE this LEEJA!! I’ve wanted to see something like this for a while. I do have one follow up question since I now know Judge Judy was actually a judge. Steve Harvey recently started a show similar and I believe there is disclaimers in the beginning of the show that he’s not a real judge. Is that still legal arbitration like in judge Judy? I know you mentioned usually they are still lawyers and have experience - I don’t know much about Steve Harvey so it’s 100% possible he was at one time a lawyer. Can a TV show just be created and somehow legally follow arbitration even if the “judge” or arbitrator isn’t certified or whatnot?
You always bring the juice. This video was very informative, I feel like when I call my dad tonight before I go to bed I'm going to be like "did you know that the show Judge Judy ......."
Rupaul LOVES Judge Judy and I think one of my absolute favorite Snatch games was when a queen did a fantastic Jude Judy because of the sheer delight that Ru seemed to be experiencing. Plus she was just fantastic.
I love how you always drop a little bit of astrology in all your videos. Related: Libra is ruled by Venus so yes it is generally knows as a more artistic sign, but it’s symbol is literally a scale, there is a sort of balance that is involved, sharing ideas, and weighing sides, etc. If you take all the things Libra stands for: creativity, law, and ideas, this certainly makes sense for Libra. It would be interesting to find her rising though.
I usually agreed with her judgments 90% of the time but I often rolled my eyes over her antics because I knew that in a real court she would be liable in any number of ways ...I watched judge Judy and people's court and the one before that because like Judy I'm older than dirt being born in the early forties ... but thanks for making clear and tying up those loose ends I always wondered about plus many more ...! I loved her often used statement that "They don't keep me here cuz I'm pretty , they keep me here cuz I'm smart" ... I do believe she really is ...!
I have been in many courts in several counties- anyway,, despite knowing that court looks nothing like judge judy, I am certain judge judy's show is what court looks like in florida.
So glad I found your channel I can tell that you're really really smart person!! I like how you step back just take everything around and make a distinction....That's know you're smart keep up good work!!
I just saw your AH video, and immediately subscribed. Sick of hearing about the angelic nature of the other side, when clearly...he has the ability to play a monster, not to discount that he's also a major drug addict and alcohol guy. I like your style. I'm listening! People have been led astray, and are nonsensical!
Honestly Judge Judy lead the way for Jerry Springer & Maury Povich. I know both of their shows started before Judge Judy but still, she held the torch not just for court tv but all conflict-"resolution"-daytime-tv
The last video I watched was the Drag Race contract video and you saying you didn't watch Drag Race at all, then come to this one and all of a sudden you have an entire Drag Race reaction channel 😂
I was once asked to appear on such a show. I don’t recall if it was Judge Judy but I ignored the request. In part because I suspected that the person I was in contention with wanted to use it in quest money. I, on the other hand, took the matter quite seriously and was intent on dealing with it seriously … in a REAL court! They lost that case!
U are correct about the judgements too I’m surprised in my case they didn’t do it Bc they were gonna have to pay they weren’t winning .. they could have had the show pay
Just having a random neuron fire, I’m pretty sure I saw the survey from 2013, and I think it asked which judge (not listing title) do you trust the most and the list didn’t say “Judge Judy”, it listed the full names of everybody including the SCOTUS members without any context. That being said, 30% of republicans in 2015 in a survey said we should bomb Agrabah. The land from the Disney movie Aladdin. That ignorance would almost be welcomed at this point
I had a friend who was a witness for someone on the first season of Judge Judy all those years ago. I can tell you Judge Judy does not go by the law. She basically puts almost 100% of her decision based on the plaintiff's and defendant's characters. She is a pretty good judge of character and weather or not someone is generally a good person or shady. Only problem is she can be fooled into believe someone is a good person when they are not. What happened in my friends case was both parties were horrible human beings. My friend wasn't a horrible human being just the person she was being a witness for was though legally he was in the right. He lost his case because the other person came to court wearing a disguise of a wig, glasses and conservative clothing she never wore other than that day in court. This made her more sympathetic and fooled Judge Judy. Judge Judy ignored all the real evidence and the guy who my friend was there as a witness for lost. In the end it wasn't worth it. All they got was a few hundred dollars and recognized on the streets as jokes for years afterwards.
Part of the reason she left her show was due to the stuff against Moonless. She didn't like the way it was handled and CBS/Viacom is part owner of the show.
Oooh, I know through experience that arbitration can sometimes be public. Binding arbitration is how our collective bargaining process always ends, due to being essential public service, we can't strike. So we get binding arbitration instead. In Canada, with the fed gov anyhow.
There's a play that I did when I was in high school that you would probably get a kick out of. It's called law and order: fairytale unit. It's about the three little pigs and it is very funny. It follows from when the officers are inspecting the crime scene until the end of the court case. I played assistant executive district attorney Rumpelstiltskin. I cannot find a good video of it but you can find it online to read and I highly suggest it.
I was called about appearing on Judge Judy. It WAS because they found my small claims issue with a family member. I was asked about the situation. Family member was loaned money to prevent house from foreclosure. Also worked with family member to get them out of debt. Made up contracts both signed and dated, and both had copies. Basically, there was no question about the circumstances and who was in the wrong. They thanked me for my time but there wasn't enough "drama" in my situation. lol I wouldn't have done it anyway. Not my type of show.
I was a caseworker for the Child Welfare Administration when Judge Sheindlin was assigned to Manhattan's Family Court. She had a reputation for being very tough and many caseworkers feared seeing her to the point where they couldn't sleep the night before or would have anxiety attacks from fear of her wrath. I found her extremely fair and professional. As long as you were prepared, you never had a problem with her. I once saw her berate a lawyer for not knowing the details of a case. The lawyer got what she deserved. I always looked forward to going before her though. I thought she was great.
I think the Readers Digest poll is an apt commentary on a large segment of our society who think reality-TV celebrities are somehow appropriate for powerful government roles; and it is also a commentary on who reads Readers Digest.
I know I'm pretty late to this one, but I have 2 things to add! 1. I've been watching the new show "Tribune Justice" on Amazon, which has 3 judges who hear a case & deliberate to decide its outcome. One of the lawyers' names is Adam Levy - he's Judge Judy's son! Also, I'm fairly sure her granddaughter on Judy Justice is Adam's daughter. 2. Just recently my mom ruined 25 years of Judy Judy for me. I can't remember how it came up but she said, 'the way they got people to agree to come on the show was that the defendant, or whoever was found to owe money, didn't have to actually pay the money. The *show* paid the money to the plaintiff." I guess that was in small type during the credits! I was so upset.. so the defendant not only got a small appearance fee, but they never actually had to pay any money they owed. :(
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 yes, both parties got appearance fees. But if it was decided that the defendant owed $x amount to the plaintiff, they didn't have to pay it. So unfair!
how about lying during the artbitiration ? can someone be criminally charge for lying cause i watch some episode of judge judy saying they are under oath
Hey Leeja, I was wondering if you'd ever cover both R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Bostock v. Clayton County. I didn't even notice this until I looked at the new "workers' rights" posters at my work. I wondered if with the Roe decision leak if these two cases would be potentially targeted as well. If you'd ever cover those cases that'd be really cool.
I would have thought given those rulings were recent it would be unlikely they'd be overturned, surely that would open the doors to all SCOTUS rulings of the last decade being reviewed. That said I'm neither American or a lawyer, so 🤷
Honestly this makes more sense on why so many ppl are willing to go on the show. The producers paying the damages is probably way less headache than trying to get money back from your sketch relatives
Judge Judy, if she was the Supreme Court the US wouldn't have made abortion illegal in ANY states. My mother LOVES her and of the cases I've watched with my mum, I've agreed with most of her "rulings". She is a force for good in this world.
You have quickly become one of my favorite content creators! Keep it up! Also, I love drag race as much as you. I think I first saw you talk about an episode of 'uhhnnn' or something! ❤️
Binding Arbitration agreements in contracts shouldn't be legal. Imagine for any other case being able to choose the judge and jurisdiction? And they also usually come with Class Action waivers which should DEFINITELY be illegal.
My only experience (2nd-hand) was on NG Star Trek in the Arbitration of ownership of a planet according to a prophecy document. The Devil was arguing that everything she did fulfilled the prophecy. Until that episode, I'd never heard the term.
Mom was also a Jewish woman from Brooklyn who was fifteen years older than Judge Judy. The real expression is “Don’t pee on my head and tell me it’s raining.” Believe me I heard it a lot growing up. You can’t lie to an old fashioned Jewish mother. They’ll stare you down and give you what for. Then the belt comes out.
I loved this video mainly because you explained arbitration clauses. I learned about them in paralegal school, and my professor (an attorney, ofc) advised that it's better not to agree to them. All that stuff you said about picking their own home court, according to him, is a way for big corporations to cap how much you can recover in a dispute. Not cool, IMO
There's a pretty infamous Judge Judy case where she ordered a guy to return a dog and as he was walking out he said he wasn't giving the dog back. She had him brought back and asked where he was from and how much he was getting paid to be there and he lied about it. So she had him brought back again and told him that she wanted the name and number of the people that had the dog and that she was having the dog picked up and that if he didn't give that information, he and his girlfriend wouldn't get paid and their return flight tickets would be canceled and they would have to fly themselves home because they'd signed a contract with the show and if he didn't follow his agreement with the show then the show had no obligation to pay him or fly him home. The lady got her dog. 🤣🤣
Love it. I have actually seen a few cases where she thinks both litigants (plaintiff and defendant) are making up a story to scam the show and she threatens to withhold their plane tickets.
Dani There was a worse one than that several years ago. A family sued a neighbor over the theft of a puppy that had been reported lost. The puppy belonged to their 10-year-old son and they had posted fliers, ran ads and covered every base. This jerk neighbor found the puppy several weeks later, showed it to the family who identified it, but refused to give it back or claim the reward. The family sued.
Jerk Judy decided the case, not on the merits, the facts or the law, but on whom she felt the puppy related to more, the little boy or the thief. So she placed the puppy in the center of the floor and had the thief and the little boy stand ten feet away and call him. Naturally, the puppy ran to the thief, so Jerk Judy awarded the puppy to the thief "because that's who he was more familiar with".
She gave the family a couple hundred dollars and told them to go buy their kid another dog. Meanwhile, the little boy was screaming out loud in tears.
I watched for this episode to make it to You Tube and when it did, the Jerk Judy show pulled it.
This is the leading reason I absolutely detest Jerk Judy and her twisted practice of law. I am aware how formalities are often dismissed in the interest of brevity, but this abuse in the name of ratings just went too far. As a practicing mediator and arbitrator, the spirit of the practice is to follow the law as closely as possible. All of these TV court programs are arbitrations where the litigants agree in advance to the show's use of altered rules. But what the Wicked Witch From Flatbush did in this case went beyond the practice of law by anyone's standards.
For someone so greedy they must pull in $49 million a year, I would have expected a little more respect for the law.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 To me, that sounds like she was treating the dog like a child in family court - Considering the wellbeing of the dog, and the trauma of relocating it. Not appropriate, in my opinion, and I’m sure it was played up for ratings, but interesting considering Judy’s history in family court.
@@WiggyWamWam I agree, I've seen cases where animals were treated like children. In fact, pets are considered property, but non-pet animals, such as chickens, rabbits, geese, ducks, horses, pigs, etc. are often treated as livestock for the purposes of assessing damages.
I would have said to judy I could get more money and fly myself back
I have to say, her decision to start a TV show where the cases are petty disputes makes a lot more sense to me knowing that she spent most of her career in family court. I can imagine doing that day and out could bring some heavy cases with high stakes.
Exactly. When I learned that about her - yeah, I know it has entertainment value but, I can also see why she has zero patience for nonsense.
The first time I saw her handle a family law case, my respect for her increased. She behaved seriously and professionally. I had become very annoyed with her using the bench inappropriately for entertainment value. It promoted the idea that ANYONE is capable of adjudicating a case: you just pile on the litigant who annoys you. Sort of a precursor to what we have online now. I don't like her.
@@dennischiapello3879 WHAT are you saying? Besides talking out of both sides of your mouth at once?
Fair question, rudely put. Maybe it's more accurate to say I was surprised and heartened to see her behavior and demeanor during that particular case, rather than imply that I began to respect her for the way she conducts the show in general. @@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602
So I work at a courthouse, and maybe 2-3 years ago, I had scanned in a letter dismissing a small claims case cause they were taking the case to Judge Judy 🤣 there was also another one where they were taking their case to Judge Jerry, and my department collectively had our minds blown finding out it was Jerry freakin Springer 🤣
Hard to believe, but it's true, Jerry "Bullshit" Springer was a lawyer in Ohio before he graduated to becoming a chair-throwing, TV sleaze jock.
You are....... Not the Mother 😂
@@palmtreewhisperer And you are not carrying a full suitcase.
"People trusted Judge Judy more than SCOTUS."
I mean. Judy never tried to regulate anyone's uterus.
I trust Judy more because Judy would actually get fired or arrested if she did something illegal.
judy would never do us like that. Also unrelated but in the uk our version of judge judy is called judge rinder and he’s gay shady and very entertaining lmao, and i would personally trust him with my rights tbh
@@okayokayfineilldoit OMG I have to watch that
True I was brought up to have massive respect for the supreme Court. I was this close to studying con law. But now the whole thing is a sick joke.
@@StereotypicalJordie its literally so messy and good there was one episode where a woman whos a full time pirate impersonator stole a treasure chest full of jewelry
I met Judy once in NY about 20 years ago, I believe it was at a plant nursery if memory serves me correctly and she was really cool. I asked her how she got so many people to want to settle on the show rather than going to court, and I don't remember her exact words but it was something along the lines of, I have a great team reaching out to people and I think there are also a lot of people who think it will be easier to BS me than a regular Court. I said to her apparently they've never watched your show, and she just smiled.
I definitely trust Judge Judy more than our Supreme Court Justices *NOW*.
Word.
I'd trust Kevin Ross ("America's Courts") a disbarred California lawyer, long before I'd rely on anything coming out of Jerk Judy's egotistical mouth.
My old landlord was on People’s Court in 2006 or so. He said there was a $5000 fund for the case. The award came out of that fund and any remaining money was divided equally between the two parties.
Yup. Facts. I sued a landlord and they reached out to me and I was like: "Why not?"
Their lawyer tried to use that against me in the actual court. That I was "making a mockery of the Justice System".
Didn't work - they just ended up having to give me my security deposit back out of their own $$$ and paying for the lawyer. 😂
Yes! I tried telling someone in the comments on another video that and a bunch of people blasted me
Byrd also worked as an actual officer of the court in her courtroom, so they knew each other. The story how he got on the show is pretty cool.
Jake And So, don't bother telling us about it, Jerk!
The story about why she didn’t want him on the new show wasn’t so cool.
Gee, don't bore us to death with the story, Bone-nose!
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 WTF is "bone-nose" supposed to mean?
How he got a the original job was, short version, as stated, he had been a bailiff in her New York courtroom for some time. When she got the TV show he had retired and was working as a security guard. He knew her and called just to congratulate her on the show being picked up. She told him they needed a bailiff for the show and if he wanted the job it was his.
As to how he didn't move to the new show, there's not really a short version. There's a couple stories, none directly contradictory. According to JJ Byrd's wife was sick and he intended to take some time off to take care of her. According to Byrd that is not false, except by the time she was seriously getting into setting up the new show his wife had recovered. He said when he asked her about it she basically told him the new show didn't have the funding to pay him. Although he was annoyed that nobody even bothered to talk to him, as he would have happily taken a pay cut, he had no ill will towards JJ for it. There are some other snubs as well, but it's likely he doesn't really have any ill will as he was set to be on "Tribunal" which included JJ's son as one of the judges, but I can't find anything more recent than last year on that.
@@jakeand9020 Jerk and Bone-nose are people who write something enticing, then don't bother to follow it up. You know... like you did a year ago.
"... didn't have the funds to pay him" is the Greedy Goofball's way of saying "They refused to pay me what I demanded."
That's show-biz, bro!
Came for the Drag Race videos, stayed for interesting information about the justice system
She also looks at some drag race contracts in other videos, that's how she got me! Lol
A friend of mine in High School (graduating class of 1995) had a mother who did parties in costume. She was seen at a party as a Belly Dancer and then hired to be Elvira for another party. She spent some time in the front doing her Elvira impersonation and then the rest was interacting with the party people, passing out cards, etc... Well, the person refused to pay because she didn't do the veil dance and she felt the time she interacted with the party people shouldn't be included in her time. She didn't even give her any partial payments.
She agreed to go on Judge Judy because it was great exposure (she showed up as Elvira). She was also on shaky ground contractually with the client because her time was not spelled out that well and she included the time interacting with guests as a performance. After Judge Judy, she got a lawyer to write up her contract a lot clearer. So there were no surprises about what she was doing when and why.
Going on Judge Judy let her demonstrate what she was doing and why belly dancing was not an option for Elvira and it was not promised. She also went on there because she felt she was in the right ethically with what she delivered but the court system would be more likely to rely on the contract, which was not that clear. She ended up winning her case and she got a ton of publicity for it.
This is from my memory about watching the episode decades ago and what I remember. So I may be misremembering small details. Hopefully not :).
I know this is not the point of your story, but Elvira is a licensed character and I'm surprised she was able to portray her and be paid. Let alone show up on TV dressed like her. Seems odd.
I don't know the particulars about that. Only that it is very similar to people dressing up now as Disney characters for kids' birthday shows. It was a celebrity impersonation, to the best of my knowledge. And she never said she was Cassandra, the actress who played Elvira. She may not have said she was Elvira, even though she was obviously dressed up as Elvira.
She wore it to the show to demonstrate that there was no way she could do the veil dance in the costume chosen. And because showing up in a costume meant she was more likely to win.
Rad.
Back in 2004 I had to go in for jury duty. The thing I remember most other than the case, was while we were waiting to be called in, there was a tv and they told us we could watch anything except for shows like Judge Judy, Peoples Court, etc.
When I went for jury duty, they had two TVs - one tuned to stupid soap operas and the other tuned to the OJ Simpson trial. Guess which one the crowd gravitated toward?
I love court tv shows. I like how Judge Judy sorts through the facts of the case and even though she can occasionally be rude, she's NEVER sidetracked by irrelevant grandstanding. Judy's opinions are sometimes more conservative than mine but I appreciate how level headed and bipartisan she is when looking at the issues even if her perspective is not my own. I do like the other lady judges though too like Judge Mabilene was one of my favorites. Thanks for making this video Leeja, loved your research.
She assumes way too much without any evidence. She doesn't always know when people are lying but thinks she knows how to read everyone. As if her being a judge gives her some sort of psychic abilities.
I just cannot comprehend the fact as to how people still want to have their cases heard by Judge Judy. She's been on TV for almost 30 years, just about everybody in the world knows what kind of belligerent temperament she has, so why in the world are they going to her court when they know that they're going to end up being yelled at, insulted, demeaned, and even humiliated on national TV by her?
"15 minutes of fame"? More like 15 minutes of shame for the people who appear on her show, I don't care if they offered me a billion dollars, it'd be a cold day in Hell before I ever decide to come to her court to have my case heard by her...
I agree. The fact that she hasn't been held accountable for her actions is troublesome. I doubt she'd be able to get away with that stuff in a normal courtroom setting because judges are bound by the judicial code of conduct.
An old neighbor was on judge Judy. He said it was the biggest mistake he ever did.
Jim Clemente’s (the FBI profiler) prosecutor days were during her criminal court days and he always speaks so fondly of her when he tells his stories from that time period. The way he tells it, she was no nonsense but was also compassionate and tried to give all parties the best chance at getting a fair shot in the courtroom.
She sure didn't have any compassion for anybody on her TV show.
Such a good video! Leeja always kills it with her research and is so well-spoken but always entertaining! Her videos deserve way more attention!! 💕
Oh yeah! I just recently discovered her channel and had to binge it on and off for like 3 days. I was hooked.
Finding out you had a 90 day fiance reaction series just now has made my day I can't wait to watch haha. Perfect for watching in between your super serious and heavy videos here on this channel 🤣
hahaha omg shocked the internet hasn't fully buried that by now, it was very short lived.
The Supreme Court Justices should have to go in front of Judge Judy and we should all get to watch.
n thank you for your comments on the amber herd n Johnny deep case I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking that the treatment of amber is unneccery
Side note: I love Marilyn Milian (the judge who is on peoples court now)
She’s super fun to watch
I like her.
Another bully.
I've always loved Judge Judy she's awesome. I did used to take the cases with a pinch of salt though mainly because I didn't want to believe people were that stupid!
I think having different sets for different channels (or topics) is genious! It makes me instantly know, what is going to happen in the episode! You have a different room, but youtibers could literally use difeerent backgrund/green screen to pretty much color code their channel. I love it!
While yes, in theory, you could hold an arbitration in a McDonald's, it would be much more satisfying to hold in an Arby's and call it Arby's-tration
At a Penny's
Hi Leeja, I once caught an episode of Judge Judy where the plaintiff loaned her car to her friend whom had parked the car and was later locked out of the car due to a faulty door lock mechanism that the plaintiff was well aware of. Afterward, the friend told the plaintiff that she could not access the car to move it so plaintiff gave instructions to the friend on how to break into the car. The friend (a black woman) understandably refused to break into the car. Judge Judy to my shock sided with the plaintiff and ordered the friend to pay the plaintiff all of the charges. I thought that was wrong however now that your video explains arbitration, I now realise that Judge Judy could do what she wants!
I have only ever seen three snippets of Judge Judy in my life, totaling less than 1 minute of time; the very first one was in her first season, for some reason I had to walk through my dorms common room where a large crowd was watching her and one of the participants described their car going out of control, to which she responded snarkily, and I said "well someone learned physics from Aristotle and not Newton, I hope I never end up in her court". I have no idea if the issue revolved around what happened in that moment, or if her incorrect assessment of the physics would change the verdict, but it left a very sour taste in my mouth, which is why I've actively avoided her since then.
💕💕💕 Thank you for restoring some of my faith in the intelligence of people out there. You know what I’m talking about. Your video really helped me to explain to my daughter why it was so uncomfortable watching what happened. Thanks 🙏 💕
I’m loving #JudyJustice her granddaughter Sara helps her in technology googling during cases at times.. I’ve watched all of the episodes #LovingIt #Balogna
When I was helping out my elderly dad, he watched JJ every day. I could not stand her. I thought "judges" were supposed to at least appear to be impartial. She was angry all the time. She loved insulting and humiliating people. But my dad loved her. It kind of tells you what my parents' marriage was like and what the family dynamics were in our family.
I only watched that show once and got that same impression.
Your parents were sadists perhaps?
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I'm happy I found your channel. You are such a great speaker and content creator. I literally gave zero fucks about this topic until I saw you posted a video on it.
I don't know if you've seen it, but the last few seasons of The Good Fight tackle EXACTLY this issue. They have a full storyline about courtrooms "for the people" because people don't trust the justice system!
My neighbour took me to court over total bs lies in Australia. I did proper research before it, watched all the real Australian court stuff I could & read up on what to expect. My experience was that I should have watched Judge Judy instead, cause my experience was very much like a judge judy episode. Judge was a little more respectful in how she said what she had to say, but she still had a lot of Judge Judy style attitude towards my neighbour who was clearly wasting everyone's time & making up total lies. Room wasn't significantly different to the judge judy set up either
I LOVE this LEEJA!! I’ve wanted to see something like this for a while. I do have one follow up question since I now know Judge Judy was actually a judge. Steve Harvey recently started a show similar and I believe there is disclaimers in the beginning of the show that he’s not a real judge. Is that still legal arbitration like in judge Judy? I know you mentioned usually they are still lawyers and have experience - I don’t know much about Steve Harvey so it’s 100% possible he was at one time a lawyer. Can a TV show just be created and somehow legally follow arbitration even if the “judge” or arbitrator isn’t certified or whatnot?
Learn something new every day. Thanks Leeja!!!!
I’ve always been curious about the money payouts for the judgements. Thanks for shedding light on that.
You always bring the juice. This video was very informative, I feel like when I call my dad tonight before I go to bed I'm going to be like "did you know that the show Judge Judy ......."
Absolutely love your videos!
Rupaul LOVES Judge Judy and I think one of my absolute favorite Snatch games was when a queen did a fantastic Jude Judy because of the sheer delight that Ru seemed to be experiencing. Plus she was just fantastic.
That queen was Bianca Del Rio who did Judge Judy almost better than Judge Judy herself.
@@elenaj6134 Bianca is fantastic. When she brought out the puppet bailiff I Died
I love how you always drop a little bit of astrology in all your videos. Related: Libra is ruled by Venus so yes it is generally knows as a more artistic sign, but it’s symbol is literally a scale, there is a sort of balance that is involved, sharing ideas, and weighing sides, etc. If you take all the things Libra stands for: creativity, law, and ideas, this certainly makes sense for Libra. It would be interesting to find her rising though.
I usually agreed with her judgments 90% of the time but I often rolled my eyes over her antics because I knew that in a real court she would be liable in any number of ways ...I watched judge Judy and people's court and the one before that because like Judy I'm older than dirt being born in the early forties ... but thanks for making clear and tying up those loose ends I always wondered about plus many more ...! I loved her often used statement that "They don't keep me here cuz I'm pretty , they keep me here cuz I'm smart" ... I do believe she really is ...!
I have been in many courts in several counties- anyway,, despite knowing that court looks nothing like judge judy, I am certain judge judy's show is what court looks like in florida.
Omg first comment!! Omg Leeja I am graduating in 17 days but I am
Starting my masters degree in September. You inspire me to keep going
I love watching your content but found this one particularly enjoyable.
So glad I found your channel I can tell that you're really really smart person!! I like how you step back just take everything around and make a distinction....That's know you're smart keep up good work!!
I just saw your AH video, and immediately subscribed. Sick of hearing about the angelic nature of the other side, when clearly...he has the ability to play a monster, not to discount that he's also a major drug addict and alcohol guy. I like your style. I'm listening! People have been led astray, and are nonsensical!
Honestly Judge Judy lead the way for Jerry Springer & Maury Povich. I know both of their shows started before Judge Judy but still, she held the torch not just for court tv but all conflict-"resolution"-daytime-tv
Excellent! Happy to have found your channel!
I think it's hilarious and a little disturbing that Leeja puts as much stock in Astrology as she does.
The last video I watched was the Drag Race contract video and you saying you didn't watch Drag Race at all, then come to this one and all of a sudden you have an entire Drag Race reaction channel 😂
have i just been click baited into learning about judge judy for 1.5 mins of drag race content lol
You leaned into the RPDR world. I love it.
I was once asked to appear on such a show. I don’t recall if it was Judge Judy but I ignored the request. In part because I suspected that the person I was in contention with wanted to use it in quest money. I, on the other hand, took the matter quite seriously and was intent on dealing with it seriously … in a REAL court!
They lost that case!
Grew up watching her all the time, this was fun to learn some stuff!🤙
cjrun2422 The only problem with that is, you only learned the bad sides of tabloid justice, and nothing of any lasting, lifelong value.
The shows producers also provided a mini vacation to LA.
Hotel room, airfare, meals.
Judge Judy is like a 5 planet libra stellium. Folks forget that Libra's tarot card is Justice. We ain't the scales for no reason
U are correct about the judgements too
I’m surprised in my case they didn’t do it Bc they were gonna have to pay they weren’t winning .. they could have had the show pay
Aww I forgot about "People's Court." I watched that as a child. Crazy how we watched just whatever was on back then!😂
Just having a random neuron fire, I’m pretty sure I saw the survey from 2013, and I think it asked which judge (not listing title) do you trust the most and the list didn’t say “Judge Judy”, it listed the full names of everybody including the SCOTUS members without any context.
That being said, 30% of republicans in 2015 in a survey said we should bomb Agrabah. The land from the Disney movie Aladdin.
That ignorance would almost be welcomed at this point
Never been here so early to a video!
Love how educational your content is, and the explanation in your videos
hey leeja. do you ever watch sibling Rivalry especially S4 EP42: The One About Crime would love love your insight on this debate.Thanks!!!
Leeja you are a video making machine, oh my god. I really hope you’re taking some time off so you don’t burn yourself out 😭
I can't stand Judge Judy, but I enjoyed this explanation of her show. Answered a lot of questions. Well done.
I had a friend who was a witness for someone on the first season of Judge Judy all those years ago. I can tell you Judge Judy does not go by the law. She basically puts almost 100% of her decision based on the plaintiff's and defendant's characters. She is a pretty good judge of character and weather or not someone is generally a good person or shady. Only problem is she can be fooled into believe someone is a good person when they are not. What happened in my friends case was both parties were horrible human beings. My friend wasn't a horrible human being just the person she was being a witness for was though legally he was in the right. He lost his case because the other person came to court wearing a disguise of a wig, glasses and conservative clothing she never wore other than that day in court. This made her more sympathetic and fooled Judge Judy. Judge Judy ignored all the real evidence and the guy who my friend was there as a witness for lost. In the end it wasn't worth it. All they got was a few hundred dollars and recognized on the streets as jokes for years afterwards.
Damn girl you got this up QUICK
The symbol of Libra is literally the scales of justice lol idk why it's surprising that she's a Libra
A couple of reasons, Libras generally don't like confrontation and have a hard time making decisions 🙃😅
@@di6744 omg true I forgot about the indecisive part 😂
Astrology is bullshit superstitious nonsense.
Signed, a confrontational Libra.😏
Part of the reason she left her show was due to the stuff against Moonless. She didn't like the way it was handled and CBS/Viacom is part owner of the show.
Fame can change people. I think that’s worth thinking about. The power to make money with trivial sh!t
Imagine JJ as a Supreme Court Justice.
Oooh, I know through experience that arbitration can sometimes be public. Binding arbitration is how our collective bargaining process always ends, due to being essential public service, we can't strike. So we get binding arbitration instead. In Canada, with the fed gov anyhow.
Judge Judy got so popular we even got it in the UK
I grew up with her show before they stopped streaming it
Finding out my fav lawyer has a drag race channel, feel like a winner
There's a play that I did when I was in high school that you would probably get a kick out of. It's called law and order: fairytale unit. It's about the three little pigs and it is very funny. It follows from when the officers are inspecting the crime scene until the end of the court case. I played assistant executive district attorney Rumpelstiltskin. I cannot find a good video of it but you can find it online to read and I highly suggest it.
I was called about appearing on Judge Judy. It WAS because they found my small claims issue with a family member. I was asked about the situation. Family member was loaned money to prevent house from foreclosure. Also worked with family member to get them out of debt. Made up contracts both signed and dated, and both had copies. Basically, there was no question about the circumstances and who was in the wrong. They thanked me for my time but there wasn't enough "drama" in my situation. lol I wouldn't have done it anyway. Not my type of show.
She also owns a mansion in Newport, RI. I believe she bought it in 2018. I worked there at the time and it was big news
I was a caseworker for the Child Welfare Administration when Judge Sheindlin was assigned to Manhattan's Family Court. She had a reputation for being very tough and many caseworkers feared seeing her to the point where they couldn't sleep the night before or would have anxiety attacks from fear of her wrath. I found her extremely fair and professional. As long as you were prepared, you never had a problem with her. I once saw her berate a lawyer for not knowing the details of a case. The lawyer got what she deserved. I always looked forward to going before her though. I thought she was great.
the fact that you think it’s okay to berate someone at their place of work just because it’s not you…you’re a class traitor and an opp 😊
Oh now I want to see Leeja’s reaction to the OTHER courtroom drag race challenge: All Stars 4, episode 4: Jersey Justice.
I think the Readers Digest poll is an apt commentary on a large segment of our society who think reality-TV celebrities are somehow appropriate for powerful government roles; and it is also a commentary on who reads Readers Digest.
I know I'm pretty late to this one, but I have 2 things to add!
1. I've been watching the new show "Tribune Justice" on Amazon, which has 3 judges who hear a case & deliberate to decide its outcome. One of the lawyers' names is Adam Levy - he's Judge Judy's son! Also, I'm fairly sure her granddaughter on Judy Justice is Adam's daughter.
2. Just recently my mom ruined 25 years of Judy Judy for me. I can't remember how it came up but she said, 'the way they got people to agree to come on the show was that the defendant, or whoever was found to owe money, didn't have to actually pay the money. The *show* paid the money to the plaintiff." I guess that was in small type during the credits! I was so upset.. so the defendant not only got a small appearance fee, but they never actually had to pay any money they owed. :(
Both parties are paid for their appearance. They've made that plain for years. All you have to do is read it.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 yes, both parties got appearance fees. But if it was decided that the defendant owed $x amount to the plaintiff, they didn't have to pay it. So unfair!
@@BritKay118 I think you'll find any judgment gets paid out of the defendant's portion of the split. That's fair.
how about lying during the artbitiration ? can someone be criminally charge for lying cause i watch some episode of judge judy saying they are under oath
Hey Leeja, I was wondering if you'd ever cover both R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Bostock v. Clayton County. I didn't even notice this until I looked at the new "workers' rights" posters at my work. I wondered if with the Roe decision leak if these two cases would be potentially targeted as well. If you'd ever cover those cases that'd be really cool.
I would have thought given those rulings were recent it would be unlikely they'd be overturned, surely that would open the doors to all SCOTUS rulings of the last decade being reviewed. That said I'm neither American or a lawyer, so 🤷
No other tv judge can hold a candle to Judge Wapner!
Also, her name is 'judy blume'? nice :)
Honestly this makes more sense on why so many ppl are willing to go on the show. The producers paying the damages is probably way less headache than trying to get money back from your sketch relatives
The way I have been waiting for this video! I watch Judge Judy religiously- and I mean every single day. Even on UA-cam!
Now is your time!!!
Judge Judy, if she was the Supreme Court the US wouldn't have made abortion illegal in ANY states. My mother LOVES her and of the cases I've watched with my mum, I've agreed with most of her "rulings". She is a force for good in this world.
In the Tarot, the Libra card actually IS justice. So not so unexpected that she is one.
You have quickly become one of my favorite content creators! Keep it up! Also, I love drag race as much as you. I think I first saw you talk about an episode of 'uhhnnn' or something! ❤️
the symbol for Libra is the scales so it’s very fitting for a judge imo 👀👀
Good morning and sorry I’ve been away.. but gurl I’m here for this 💚 and hey Moira 🙂
Binding Arbitration agreements in contracts shouldn't be legal. Imagine for any other case being able to choose the judge and jurisdiction? And they also usually come with Class Action waivers which should DEFINITELY be illegal.
Is that lipstick Avon Cherries Jubilee? Looks very good!
I love your videos I am obsessed lmao!
Love this video! Thank you!
My only experience (2nd-hand) was on NG Star Trek in the Arbitration of ownership of a planet according to a prophecy document. The Devil was arguing that everything she did fulfilled the prophecy. Until that episode, I'd never heard the term.
My Mom's favorite. I liked Judge Marilyn on the People's Court much more.
Mom was also a Jewish woman from Brooklyn who was fifteen years older than Judge Judy. The real expression is “Don’t pee on my head and tell me it’s raining.” Believe me I heard it a lot growing up. You can’t lie to an old fashioned Jewish mother. They’ll stare you down and give you what for. Then the belt comes out.
I'm so obsessed with your videos! Another great one. Thx 🤘
I enjoyed watching Joseph Wapner he always let you know how the wall worked.
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!
I always wanted to understand what kind of show that was, thanks.
I loved this video mainly because you explained arbitration clauses. I learned about them in paralegal school, and my professor (an attorney, ofc) advised that it's better not to agree to them. All that stuff you said about picking their own home court, according to him, is a way for big corporations to cap how much you can recover in a dispute. Not cool, IMO
I remmeber seeing a tiktok where a guy said he and his friends would sue each other over little things and go on the show and then split the money