Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining : America's toughest family court judge speaks out

Can we get some reality in here? asks Judy Sheindlin, former supervising judge for Manhattan Family Court. For twenty-four years she has laid down the law as she understands it:• If you want to eat, you have to work.• If you have children, you'd better support them.• If you break the law, you have to pay.• If you tap the public purse, you'd better be accountable.Now she abandons all judicial restraint in a scathing critique of the system -- filled with realistic hard-nosed alternatives to our bloated welfare bureaucracy and our soft-on-crime laws.

¡n we get some reality in here?ߡsks Judy Sheindlin, former supervising judge for Manhattan Family Court. For twenty–four years she has laid down the law as she understands it:

● If you want to eat, you have to work.

● If you have children, you'd better support them.

• If you break the law, you have to pay.

• If you tap the public purse, you'd better be accountable.

  Now she abandons all judicial restraint in a scathing critique of the system – filled with realistic hard–nosed alternatives to our bloated welfare bureaucracy and our soft–on–crime laws.

New York Daily News

Should be required reading for anyone who cares about law and order: how it has been undermined and what can be done to fix it.

""Can we get some reality in here?" asks Judy Sheindlin, former supervising judge for Manhattan Family Court. For twenty-four years she has laid down the law as she understands it: If you want to eat, you have to work ; If you have children, you'd better support them ; If you break the law, you have to pay ; If you tap the public purse, you'd better be accountable. Now she abandons all judicial restraint in a scathing critique of the system--filled with realistic hard-nosed alternatives to our bloated welfare bureaucracy and our soft-on-crime laws"--Publisher website (June 2007) A Family Court Judge Shares Her Thoughts On Juvenile Crime, Welfare Abuse, And Bureaucratic Waste. Don't Pee On My Leg And Tell Me It's Raining -- This Isn't Kiddy Court; It's Criminal College -- Judicial Diversity Doesn't Mean A Mixed Bag Of Nuts -- Let Us Pay Hasn't Worked; Let's Try ; Make Them Pay -- Foster Care Fiasco -- Custody Wars Are Battles Without Winners -- System Scammers -- Get Real, Get Responsible, Or: I'm A Victim, I'm A Victim, I'm A Victim -- Media Morality: Missing In Action? -- Stoking My Fire. Judy Sheindlin With Josh Getlin. Can we get some reality in here? asks Judy Sheindlin, former supervising judge for Manhattan Family Court. For twenty-four years she has laid down the law as she understands it. If you want to eat, you have to work. If you have children, you'd better support them. If you break the law, you have to pay. If you tap the public purse, you'd better be accountable. Now she abandons all judicial restraint in a scathing critique of the system -- filled with realistic hard-nosed alternatives to our bloated welfare bureaucracy and our soft-on-crime laws. My father was a very wise man who hated dishonesty more than he hated stupidity.