'Get my cat ears going here': Travis County judge dons Women's March 'pussy hat' in courtroom

Brett T. | 8:28 PM on January 30, 2017

A photo that appeared on Reddit last week of Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt wearing a pink “pussy hat” in the courtroom made the rounds on Twitter Monday. The knit cap, which recently made the cover of TIME, was conceived by two women in Los Angeles who envisioned “a sea of pink hats” at the Women’s March on Washington.

https://twitter.com/Rambobiggs/status/826196086771445760

I don't think a normal woman or a man could get a fair hearing before a judge in a pussy hat. No one could. Unfair bias for feminists. https://t.co/v87JE4HFM1

— Dorothy Pearce (@DorothyPearce) January 31, 2017

Any lawyer worth his salt is going to file appeals for every single case this judge has presided over. https://t.co/TDVsXfC3vU

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) January 31, 2017

I'm embarrassed to be a woman, seeing this.
Just plain embarrassed. https://t.co/rsj58PsCpF

— Linda Suhler, PhD (@LindaSuhler) January 30, 2017

https://twitter.com/AleksMatza/status/826203597268455426

Judge wears pussy hat during court. Now imagine her in a #MAGA Hat. ??? 24/7 headlines news and immediate call for unseating judge https://t.co/7ZV8dzXzIJ

— Ex-Dem??Latina (@ExDemLatina) January 30, 2017

However, KVUE in Austin, Texas contacted multiple county departments, and all said Eckhardt is in the clear. KVUE reports that although Eckhardt’s title is judge, she does not hear cases or act as an attorney; rather, she was elected to oversee the commissioners court much as a mayor would oversee a city council.