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Justice Is Served To Judge Judy
Comic Confrontations: Judge Judy Vs. Michael Lohan
Judge Judy Won't Rule In Favor Of Litigants Who Make Bitch Faces
Judge Judy: You Can't Exploit People, Even If They're Exploiting Themselves
Judge Judy, Doggy Style
Judge Judy: Landlords Can Not Confiscate A Tenant's Marijuana
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Judge Judy: "Don't Visit Your Bad Judgment Onto Your Children!"
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Judge Judy Doesn't Like Girls Who Don't Pay For Their Own Implants

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hovy
11/11/09

In reply to Justice Is Served To Judge Judy
There's no hope with dope.

Especially if the dope is standing before Judge Judy, making her mad. #judgejudynatpelegacyaward
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chatterboxwriting
11/11/09

@hovy: I just saw that episode yesterday. +1 for the SBTB reference! #judgejudynatpelegacyaward
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Tchotchke
11/11/09

In reply to Justice Is Served To Judge Judy
My grandfather (also a judge) knows her personally and said she is exactly the same in person as she is on tv. She must be a riot at dinner parties. #judgejudynatpelegacyaward
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sydbarrettsaves, emissary of hell
11/09/09

In reply to Comic Confrontations: Judge Judy Vs. Michael Lohan
Ahahaha! I love when the mom steps in. #judgejudymichaellohan
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Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred)
11/07/09

In reply to Comic Confrontations: Judge Judy Vs. Michael Lohan
I adore Byrd. Seriously, the man's a comic genius. With just one well placed "Mmhmm" he can have the entire jury in stitches.

Give the man his own show! #judgejudymichaellohan
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JLady
11/07/09

@Glitterbug (likes life shaken, not stirred): Why he and JJ make such a good team! I'd be sad to see him go. #judgejudymichaellohan
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frankie22
11/06/09

In reply to Comic Confrontations: Judge Judy Vs. Michael Lohan
Hitching up your dress in public to adjust your Spanx is pretty understandable in my book. Those things are effing uncomfortable. #judgejudymichaellohan
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Snowbunny
11/06/09

@frankie22: Seriously. I've shown more cooter than that a couple drinks into a girdle-filled night. I never leave voice mails though, DDing is bad enough, don't leave any proof. #judgejudymichaellohan
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JessickerFletcher
11/06/09

In reply to Comic Confrontations: Judge Judy Vs. Michael Lohan
Strip No. 5 may be the closest thing to perfection ever. Ever. There are no words. #judgejudymichaellohan
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femme-bot
11/06/09

In reply to Comic Confrontations: Judge Judy Vs. Michael Lohan
How about all the Lohans just move far farrrr away? #judgejudymichaellohan
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Bunsen Honeydew
11/06/09

@femme-bot: They came from Long Island. Which is an actual island, unlike Rhode Island. Unfortunately, I think if they can find their way to Hollywood from there, one of the furthest points in the continental USA, we'll hear from them anywhere. #judgejudymichaellohan
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femme-bot
11/06/09

@Bunsen Honeydew: Move them to Canada. No one pays attention to that (though I'm not sure who pays attention to LI, either). #judgejudymichaellohan
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Bunsen Honeydew
11/06/09

@femme-bot: I'm in Canada. Trust me, Canadians can find their way into the states - look at Seth Rogen and Alex Trebec. I think this is a job for Siberia or Mongolia.
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mikskeezy
11/07/09

@femme-bot: I'm also in Canada, and I think I speak for all Canadians when I say that we don't want them either! #judgejudymichaellohan
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Menouthis
11/06/09

In reply to Comic Confrontations: Judge Judy Vs. Michael Lohan
Tracie, I love you. And Judge Judy. And Byrd.

Seriously, this just cheered me up a lot. Thanks. #judgejudymichaellohan
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SusanDeath
11/06/09

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Oh my gosh, that very first picture of Dina. That's basically how I always picture her face looking. #judgejudymichaellohan
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Cunning_Linguist
11/07/09

@SusanDeath: I almost died when I saw that picture. Her face always astounds me. #judgejudymichaellohan
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Dorilys
11/03/09

In reply to Judge Judy Won't Rule In Favor Of Litigants Who Make Bitch Faces
I'm really starting to think that JJ doesn't like other women in any capacity.
She told a woman today who claimed that her ex-boyfriend threatened her life if she told the police the drugs she held were his that "if that was true, you wouldn't be here today."
Which, I don't know, may or may not be true, but JJ's casual dismissal of what the woman was claiming bothered me intensely. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
11/03/09

In reply to Judge Judy Won't Rule In Favor Of Litigants Who Make Bitch Faces
It's alarming that JJ, as well as so many people on here, seem to be saying that she gave up the right to be taken seriously in the sexual abuse case when she made bad decisions in unrelated areas of her life. I feel like by not taking her seriously, she is being punished for decisions she's already been punished for and not getting justice when she may very well have been a victim. As for the inconsistencies, it often happens with abuse victims that the memories blur together into one event instead of separate days. The remark that she knew him from a previous foster situation should give her claims MORE credence, not less, since he would likely be more comfortable joking around inappropriately with someone he already knew outside of work. Honestly, I feel like JJ really dropped the ball on this one, letting her feelings about the morality of the rest of this woman's life dictate her feelings about the alleged sexual assault. And the "bitchface" everyone is talking about looks like she's simply trying not to cry. If she indeed was a victim of sexual abuse, which i believe she is, she might have been fighting back a PTSD flashback. Come on, people. With the number of sexual assault victims on this forum, I am shocked with the amount of victim-shaming and moral judgy-ness around here.
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Gavagirl
11/03/09

@Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: If she isn't a victim, it's liar-shaming, not victim-shaming. Not everyone tells the truth about these things, and the attitude that every single charge of abuse should be taken seriously (or automatically believed) is exactly the kind of attitude that can make it easy for a manipulative, malevolent person to destroy other people's lives. Claiming that since some people tell the truth about abuse, we should believe everybody claiming abuse is just as irrational as claiming that since some people lie about it, we should believe nobody.

Furthermore, a court is not supposed to use "feelings" to come to judgment about cases. Nor does the court system exist to take care of people's feelings, or improve those feelings. Cases are supposed to be decided according to evidence, statute, and legal precedent. People with problems with their feelings go to therapists. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
11/03/09

@Gavagirl: um, come back to me when you've actually read my comment. Nothing you responded to there were things I actually said.

I do agree with your point about how the court's shouldn't use their feelings. The only time I mentioned anyone's "feelings" was in reference to JJ letting her feelings about other choices this woman has made dictate her judgment here instead of looking at the facts and precedent and how that was a problem. So since, I agree with you, i really don't get what you're trying to argue with me about. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Gavagirl
11/03/09

@Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini: My argument is the assumption that she must be a victim. She would have to be for anyone to be "victim-shaming", right? She apparently already failed to prove she is a victim, legally speaking, since after she had him arrested but he was acquitted, so why should JJ treat her as a victim now? The facts don't bear that out, and she isn't the plaintiff here anyway. Her claim against him has already been dealt with.

Now, I don't know that she necessarily should have found in HIS favor, since if he's the plaintiff it's his job to prove she made all this up. That is a tough thing to do, and I don't think he met that burden of proof. He'd need something like an email or MySpace post where she stated she made it up to really support his case.

I think a dismissal would have been a better outcome. I definitely agree with you that JJ's interpretation of her past and her behavior in court seem to have inappropriately influenced her $2500 judgment, but that's because his case was weak, not because that judgment is traumatizing to the defendant. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Nancy Sin
11/03/09

In reply to Judge Judy Won't Rule In Favor Of Litigants Who Make Bitch Faces
All I know is that my next job better let me watch Guiding Light while laying stomach-down on two office chairs. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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esthergreenwood
11/03/09

@Nancy Sin: Seriously! My job is one fully-backed office chair away from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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JinxyMcDeath
11/03/09

In reply to Judge Judy Won't Rule In Favor Of Litigants Who Make Bitch Faces
"the burden of proof for the plaintiff was much heavier than "beyond a reasonable doubt."

Nope. The burden of proof is less in civil court and merely requires the plaintiff to prove her/his case by the "preponderance of evidence." Meaning, crudely, that it's 51% likely the plaintiff is correct.

This is why O.J. lost his civil court case, the burden of proof was a lot less than in a criminal case wherein the jury has to determine "beyond a reasonable doubt." #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Cairn
11/03/09

@JinxyMcDeath: Tracie has it right, but its worded in a confusing way. You are correct that the burden on the plaintiff in a civil case is lower than the burden on the state in a criminal case, but here the plaintiff in the civil case was the *defendant* in the criminal case. The important point here is the burden on the store owner in each case.

In the criminal case, all this gentleman had to do was introduce reasonable doubt into the mind of the judge/jury. That's a very low bar for the defendant (which corresponds to the high bar for the state).

In this civil case, the store owner is now the plaintiff, and has to meet a preponderance of the evidence. That bar is, as you say, only 51%, but it's higher than the bar he had to meet when he was a defendant in criminal court. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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JinxyMcDeath
11/03/09

@Cairn: I'm aware. I'm a trial attorney. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Beets.Go.On is the Fat Yogini
11/03/09

@JinxyMcDeath: Best. Response. Ever. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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Triphena
11/03/09

In reply to Judge Judy Won't Rule In Favor Of Litigants Who Make Bitch Faces
Man, there's not enough salt in the world for that girl. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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rd2uk
11/03/09

In reply to Judge Judy Won't Rule In Favor Of Litigants Who Make Bitch Faces
any idea where he accent is from? #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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asha
11/03/09

@rd2uk: southern? #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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zoobabe
11/03/09

@rd2uk: I watched this one yesterday, and I remember them saying that they were from Ohio. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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missdona
11/03/09

@rd2uk: Baltimore? #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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sybann
11/03/09

@rd2uk: Bal'more or Pitt'burg. Very similar. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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SharonTaint
11/03/09

@rd2uk: That's gotta be Philly. #judgejudysexualmisconduct
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