It's You, Baby, It's You (You're Totally Stupid)

A fascinating aspect of these shows from a rhetorical point of view is the number of arguments made by the litigants that are utterly illogical, or perversions of standard logic, and yet are used over and over again,...The seminar will be concerned with identifying,...apparently popular logical fallacies on "Judge Judy" and "The People's Court" and discussing why such strategies are so widespread.

-- A Berkeley College course description, explaining why we always loved "Judge Judy" - and why NewAgers (and other stupid people) have always hated her - on News Alert.

Hat Tip: Althouse