There’s about to be order in Sarah Palin’s court.
The last time we heard from the polarizing former Alaska governor, she was threatening to jeopardize Speaker Paul Ryan’s political future if he failed to get behind presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and by nearly all accounts bombing before what should have been a friendly audience at a Milwaukee County Fish Fry in April. But before long we may be seeing her in a long awaiting new iteration — as a TV judge.
According to TMZ, producers for a long-rumored new reality court show have lobbied to trademark “Palin Rules” as its title. The program, which will be in the same mold as “Judge Judy,” “People’s Court” and “Judge Joe Brown,” was first reported on back in March, with the show’s producer Larry Lyttle pledging that the former 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee will preside over “the courtroom of common sense.”
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Without a law degree of any kind, that may be the only kind of courtroom Palin can exert authority over, depending on your point of view. According the New York Times, some states allow law students to practice via apprenticeships before they have formally passed the bar, while other states only require some law school study, not a full J.D. degree. And since Trump has not ruled out a future role for Palin in a theoretical administration, this might just be a temporary gig for her.
This is certainly not the first time a Palin has dipped their toe in the reality show genre. She hosted “Sarah Palin’s America” for two years on TLC, headlined “Amazing America With Sarah Palin” for the Sportsman Channel, and later launched an ill-fated subscription channel largely devoted to her political screeds and daily life. Her daughter Bristol has broken out as a reality star in her own right, with a high profile stint on “Dancing With the Stars” as well as a Lifetime series — “Life’s a Tripp” — which last just one season.









