“Sniper Fights Death Sentence; Lawyers Argue Muhammad Had Mitigating Factors”: The Washington Post contains this article today.

“South Dakota to Revisit Restrictions on Abortion”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

“Letters Give C.I.A. Tactics a Legal Rationale”: The New York Times on Sunday will contain an article that begins, “The Justice Department has told Congress that American intelligence operatives attempting to thwart terrorist attacks can legally use interrogation methods that might otherwise be prohibited under international law.”

The letters referenced in the article can be accessed here, here, here, and here.

“Top court puts leash on random searches by sniffer dogs”: The Toronto Globe and Mail today contains an article that begins, “The Supreme Court of Canada jettisoned evidence of narcotics detected by sniffer dogs at an Alberta bus terminal and an Ontario high school because the individuals involved had a reasonable expectation of privacy. The majority of the court in a pair of 6-3 decisions yesterday said police must have a reasonable suspicion an individual has a narcotic before they can conduct a search with sniffer dogs. The rulings, which featured an unusually factionalized court and starkly differing constitutional visions, provides guidelines to police for sniffer-dog searches in public places such as malls and stadiums.”

The Toronto Star reports today that “Random searches curbed; Bringing in sniffer dogs without justification violates privacy rights, Supreme Court rules.”

The Sarnia Observer contains articles headlined “Search deemed unlawful” and “Supreme Court got it right; Supreme court says police actions were ‘unjustifiable.’”

The London Free Press contains an article headlined “Hands off backpacks.”

The Edmonton Sun contains an article headlined “‘Power to dealer’; Parents’ group slams court ruling on sniffer dogs.”

The Vancouver Sun reports that “Muzzling of sniffer dog use won’t alter private business; There’s still money in detecting illegal materials in buildings, ships, trucks.”

Canwest News Service reports that “Supreme Court muzzles sniffer dogs.”

CBC News provides a report headlined “Random use of police sniffer dogs breaches charter: top court.”

Reuters reports that “Canada’s high court limits drug-sniffing dogs.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Canadian Police Barred From Random School Searches by Top Court.”

And Agence France-Presse reports that “Canada high court rules police dog’s sniff is unlawful search.”

You can access here and here yesterday’s rulings of the Supreme Court of Canada.

“John Demjanjuk’s lawyer files appeal of deportation with U.S. Supreme Court”: This article appears today in The Cleveland Plain Dealer.

“Detainees’ Mental Health Is Latest Legal Battle”: The New York Times today contains a front page article that begins, “Next month, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemeni who was once a driver for Osama bin Laden, could become the first detainee to be tried for war crimes in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.”