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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 12:32 AM Mar 2016

Sarah Palin to get courtroom TV show

Sarah Palin to get her own Judge Judy-style courtroom TV show
Palin has reportedly made a deal with Montana-based production company Warm Springs to star in her own reality court show.
... the production team “includes the TV executive who found Judge Judy and Judge Joe Brown.”

Palin does not actually have a law degree, of course.
In this genre, though, almost all of the hosts such as Joseph Wapner, Judy Sheindlin, or Joe Brown have indeed been retired judges.

(Maybe Bristol Palin can be her bailiff?)
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/03/sarah-palin-to-get-her-own-judge-judy-style-courtroom-tv-show-report/
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Initech

(100,062 posts)
5. When is Sarah Palin qualified to be judge of anything?
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:18 AM
Mar 2016

I wouldn't trust her to judge a hog tying contest at the county fair.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
6. Both Judith Sheindlin and Joe Brown went to law school, served as prosecutors, and served as judges
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 01:27 AM
Mar 2016

in an actual, you know, court of law.

Indeed, both went to law school when it was relatively uncommon for a woman or African American to do so.

Sarah Palin is a know-nothing shithead who shopped around until some college would grant her a diploma.

I mean, honestly.

no_hypocrisy

(46,078 posts)
8. There are laws that prevent non-certified individuals from holding themselves out to the public
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:33 AM
Mar 2016

as attorneys and doctors (e.g., practicing law without a license) no matter how "qualified" they are in another area, e.g., accounting.

How could SP be allowed to "preside" as a judge even in the spectrum of entertainment?

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
16. "How could SP be allowed to "preside" as a judge"
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 10:32 AM
Mar 2016

These TV judge shows aren't really court rooms but are 'arbitration'.
You and I could agree to let 'John Doe" hear our case and abide by his decision.

JHB

(37,158 posts)
9. "Sarah Never Makes a Bad Call"
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:37 AM
Mar 2016

Here's the show's formula:

Plaintiff tells their side. Defendant tells theirs. Judge Sarah quits, guest celebrity has-been comes on to give the verdict.

Next episode: same thing, just different plaintiff, defendant, and celebrity has-been.

Sarah never makes a bad call.

ProfessorGAC

(64,990 posts)
10. How About Another Twist?
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:51 AM
Mar 2016

Judge Sarah quits, then one of the "contestants" spins a wheel that has "plaintiff" or "defendant" on it and that settles the case.

It would add a Wheel of Fortune twist to the show.

It wouldn't make it any less serious than having Palin on the show in the first place.

JHB

(37,158 posts)
11. Depends on which channel they sell it to...
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:53 AM
Mar 2016

If it's on The Learning Channel, it might be "Sarah Palin presents: Thunderdome!"

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
13. Wow, that sounds like the reality show from hell.
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 08:21 AM
Mar 2016

Evokes the nightmare of hearing her shrill, dentist's-drill voice from behind the bench of a courtroom. Just her voice is enough to make me want to stick a power drill into my ears.

So glad she's not a real judge.

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