Judge Mathis

Judge Mathis is not a fair judge. His show does not resemble a true small claims court. He does not listen to both sides, refuses to consider evidence and listens to witnesses who have nothing to do with the case at all. He comes across as a racist, bigot and a white woman hater. Especially if the poor woman is overweight. He thinks his comments are funny, but he is cruel and would not allow anyone to speak that way to him. Especially coming from the streets, he of all people should know better. With judges like him in our courts, thank god he is only on TV, racism will never go away in our country. Thank the lord that in 27 years as a police officer in Dade County, FL I never stood before a judge as rude as he is.

I'm so sick of all the crack jokes. If crack is apart of the case I understand but usually it's not. Watching him is demeaning to people in general. He tries to start stuff between the litigants. Sometime I wonder if he's on crack. He does the motion like he's stirring up the batch. Not professions at all. I'm watching this with my husband. If I continue I may end up on crack.I wish I could give a negative 5 star.

If you watch this show thinking that you will learn what life is like in an American small claims court, you will be sadly disappointed. Calling the proceedings "real" is false advertising and a true disservice to the American Court System. After watching Judge Mathis these past few weeks I've decided that I don't like this show. He does not behave in a professional manner. He appears to be bias and flippant. He tends to get into irrelevant issues merely for the sake of viewer titillation. Many times he makes totally irrelevant inquiries into the sex-lives of the participants. He makes cruel and tasteless jokes that would never occur in a real court of law. He makes sexist remarks that I find offensive but I assume are supposed to be considered "humorous". He tries to come across as "hip" and "cool" rather than serious and professional. Unfortunately, this seems to be the rule for daytime TV judges rather than the exception. The only TV judge I've seen that appears to even attempt a fair, unbiased, professional manner is Judge Joe Brown. This show loves to trumpet the fact that Judge Mathis is a "real" judge. He is (or was) a judge for Detroit. But he is nothing but a clown on this show. He plays for the camera and couldn't care less about true justice. If Judge Mathis is being held up as a success story for inner-city youth, God help us. Sad. He is a man that has sold out to the big money media.

Judge Mathis is the best! He always makes me laugh, because he goes off tangent sometimes when dealing with a case. He'll ask some awkward questions that aren't relevant to the case. But who cares. He has a good sense of humor, and listens to both sides of the case. Unlike those other court shows like Judge Judy who gets mad for the stupidest little things. Judge Mathis doesn't get mad if even the defendant interrupts, and is very funny. He is also fair and caring towards both parties when it comes to his final judgment of a case. If you don't have the evidence, he will of course have to dismiss your claim. But then again any judge would do the same.

I lost my son due to an overdose. There are so many suffering from the epidemic..i and thousands of other Moms have had it with the stigma. They are not low life junkies. They suffer as well. I very much dislike the comments you make about this disease. Your an educated man. So why do you mimic and say not so nice things about the subject. Your hurting us so please STOP!!