rightwinger
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Not even closeThird party civil arbitration is completely legal in the US.
Without means of enforcement such arbitration is pointless.
Judge Judy is legally binding if the participants agree that it is beforehand.
Judith Sheindlin is a real judge in a real court of law.
Judy Sheindlin retired from her position of "real judge" in 1996, and the set of her TV show is not a "real court of law" in any sense of the word.
It's binding arbitration. More or less the same thing.
It is prize money and all judgements are taken from the pot of money.