Discipline for Sen. Eckhardt's 'pussyhat,' Abbott disability comments overruled

AUSTIN (KXAN) — After being formally slapped on the wrist for comments made about Gov. Greg Abbott's disability in 2019 and wearing a pink "pussyhat" in Travis County Commissioners Court in 2017, now-Senator Sarah Eckhardt has been cleared of sanctions placed on her by the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct.A special court of review found that the commission disciplining Eckhardt for the two incidents was an overstep, and overturned the sanction of "public admonition," essentially