“Supreme Court has trouble balancing strip-searches with privacy rights”: Robert Barnes will have this article Thursday in The Washington Post.

“Hate laws vital in the digital age, Supreme Court hears in landmark case”: Kirk Makin of The Toronto Globe and Mail has a news update that begins, “The instantaneous spread of hateful material through the internet has made it all the more vital that hate-mongers be restrained, the Supreme Court of Canada was told this morning.”

“Denied Veterans Benefits Over Same-Sex Marriage, Ex-Sailor Challenges Law”: Thursday’s edition of The New York Times will contain an article that begins, “In what experts say is the first case of its kind, a disabled Navy veteran from Connecticut is challenging the constitutionality of two federal laws that define marriage as being between opposite-sex partners, saying the government denied her veterans benefits because she is married to a woman.”

“Supreme Court Weighs Strip-Search Propriety”: Adam Liptak will have this article Thursday in The New York Times.

Joan Biskupic of USA Today has a news update headlined “Supreme Court mulls danger, dignity in strip-search case.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has a news update headlined “Supreme Court Wrestles With Strip Searches.”

The Newark Star-Ledger has a news update headlined “U.S. Supreme Court holds hearing on N.J. strip-search lawsuit.”

The Philadelphia Inquirer has a news update headlined “Supreme Court hears strip-search case from Burlco.”

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor has an article headlined “Can right to privacy bar a strip search in jail? Supreme Court hears case; A motorist jailed for a minor offense in 2005 says two New Jersey jails violated his privacy rights by subjecting him to a strip search; The jails told the Supreme Court that security justifies the practice.”

This evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” contained an audio segment entitled “Supreme Court Weighs Legality Of Strip Searches” (transcript with link to audio) featuring Nina Totenberg.

This evening’s broadcast of “The PBS NewsHour” contained a segment entitled “Supreme Court Weighs Constitutionality of Routine Jailhouse Strip Searches” (transcript with link to video) featuring Marcia Coyle.

Ariane de Vogue of ABCNews.com has a blog post titled “Supreme Court Struggles with Strip Searches.”

Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post has an article headlined “Supreme Court Strip Search: Justice Kennedy May Be Swing Vote On Jailhouse Dignity.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Orin Kerr has a post titled “Thoughts on the strip-search case.”

“No Verdict Today In Komisarjevsky Trial; Jury Deliberates For 4 Hours; Resuming Thursday At 10”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “No verdict in Conn. home invasion trial on day 1.”

“Anna Nicole Smith’s biggest legacy? Confusion in bankruptcy case.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this report.

“Corporate Citizenship: How Public Dissent In Paris Sparked Creation Of The Corporate Person.” Ryan Grim and Mike Sacks of The Huffington Post have this report.

“Abortion foes push fetal heartbeat bills in states”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court considers routine strip searches in jails; In a New Jersey case, Supreme Court justices hear arguments about whether the 14 million Americans who are arrested each year can legally be strip-searched and closely examined before they enter a jail; Some express doubts about imposing a blanket rule”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this news update.

James Vicini of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court considers jail strip searches.”

And Bill Mears of CNN.com reports that “Justices struggle for clarity on prison strip searches.”

“High court looks at routine strip searches in jail”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Argument recap: No flat rule on strip-searches?”

You can access at this link the transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders of County of Burlington, No. 10-945.

“Judge Thwarts Komisarjevsky Defense Effort To Put Hayes On Stand”: The Hartford Courant has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge rejects move to reopen home invasion case.”

“Analysis: A rare rebuff for the SG.” Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“High court looks at routine strip searches in jail”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment entitled “Should Minor Offenders Be Subject To Strip Searches?” featuring Nina Totenberg.

And online at The Root, Sherrilyn A. Ifill has an essay entitled “Are Strip Searches Unconstitutional? A businessman humiliated by New Jersey police takes his case to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Supreme Court refuses to reinstate Abu-Jamal death sentence”: The Philadelphia Inquirer contains this article today.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has a blog post titled “Mumia Abu-Jamal can get new sentencing, Supreme Court decides.”

And CNN.com reports that “High court ruling means execution unlikely in 1981 cop-killing.”

“Ricci suit spices up mayoral race”: This article appears today in The Yale Daily News.

“Anti-gay proselytizer takes aim at Canada’s hate laws in landmark case”: Today in The Toronto Globe and Mail, Kirk Makin has an article that begins, “The Supreme Court will hear the most significant test of Canada’s hate laws in decades on Wednesday in a case that will decide which is more valuable — freedom of speech and religion or the right to protection from hate.”

“Robert Boochever dies at 94; U.S. appellate judge; Robert Boochever was one of 10 judges added to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Carter’s last years; Some of the jurist’s key decisions involved celebrities’ right to control the commercial value of their fame”: Carol J. Williams has this obituary today in The Los Angeles Times.

“Komisarjevsky Jurors Hear Two Sharply Different Views In Closing Arguments; State: ‘They Were Screaming For Their Lives’; Defense: He ‘Did Not Intend’ For Anyone To Die.” This article appears today in The Hartford Courant.

The New Haven Register reports today that “Defense contends Komisarjevsky didn’t intend for Cheshire victims to die; jury to begin deliberations.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Conn. jury to begin deliberations in home invasion.”