“Galveston man sues California doctor under new Texas law allowing lawsuits over abortion pills; Under House Bill 7, a private citizen who successfully sues an abortion pill provider can receive up to $100,000 from the defendant”: Zahiyah Carter of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive: Amid calls to increase transparency and revelations about the court’s inner workings, the chief justice imposed nondisclosure agreements on clerks and employees.” Jodi Kantor of The New York Times has this report.

“207. The Justice Department Beclowns Itself (Again): The denouement of DOJ’s misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg provides useful lessons relating to both the Department’s continuing misbehavior and the emptiness of calls for impeachment.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Justice Dept. Sidelines Ed Martin as Chief of Weaponization Group; The move represents a consolidation of the authority of the deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche, in bringing Mr. Martin’s operation inside his office”: Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.

Perry Stein and Beth Reinhard of The Washington Post report that “Justice Dept. demotes Ed Martin, stripping Trump ally of most authority; Martin will no longer head the Justice Department task force that pushed investigations into Trump’s foes.”

And Sadie Gurman and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump Ally Ed Martin Loses Weaponization Czar Role; Martin, who was responsible for pursuing some of the president’s top priorities, remains at the Justice Department as its pardon attorney.”

“A Legal Tool for Holding ICE Agents to Account, Hiding in Plain Sight; A proposal in a 1987 law review article could address a gap that makes it all but impossible to sue federal officials for violating the Constitution”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.

“Judicial Notice (02.01.26): The $4,000-An-Hour Club; Tom Goldstein’s trial, Brad Karp and Kathy Ruemmler’s Epstein emails, brutal benchslaps for ICE, and another Biglaw firm launches in Charlotte.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Goldstein’s Ex-Firm Managers Talk IRS Probe, Accounting Errors”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.