Judge Judy On Expanding The Supreme Court: 'It's A Dumb Idea'

Don't pee on her leg and tell her it's raining, and don't expand the high court and tell her it'll work.

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It’s a dumb idea. We’ve worked brilliantly in this country with the Supreme Court exactly the way it is. Changing it makes absolutely no sense to me, except politically. As vacancies become available, the next crop may represent one view and it may not. Judges very often become chameleons when they take the bench.

— Judge Judy Scheindlin, offering her thoughts on the possible expansion of the Supreme Court under the Biden administration. Following a 25-season run, the final episodes of Judge Judy will air sometime this year. She’ll soon begin production on Judy Justice, an arbitration-based reality show for IMDb TV.


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