She was never respectful on her show. Often caustic, snarky, sarcastic, and insulting.
I think it's why producers hired her, and why audiences watched her. They enjoyed seeing her insult her plaintiffs and defendants.
I never enjoyed her show, but saw bits of it when other people were watching it in the same room with me.
Yeah she disrespected plantiffs and defendents alike when their cases or defenses were obviously goof ball and lame. Both sides on the same show would get a tongue lashing when they misbehaved and shaded the truth. I can see why I wouldn’t want to watch this everyday though but I have to respect a NYC judge trying to be righteous who needs to be tough and caustic at getting to the truth. I wouldn’t want the job.