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In recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court has taken fewer cases on its merits docket. But it has increased the volume of its "shadow docket," where it has traditionally handled procedural...
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Free speech questions raised by ethics agency’s sanctions on senator, former County Judge Austin Sen. Sarah Eckhardt was admonished for wearing a pink knitted hat during a commissioners meeting and making a joke about Gov. Abbott’s paralysis. AUSTIN — In a rare decision, the State Commission on Judicial Conduct has taken disciplinary action against Sen. Sarah Eckhardt for actions dating back to her time as Travis County Judge, raising questions about free speech for county judges. The public admonition, as first reported by the Austin American-Statesman, noted that Eckhardt wore a pi...