“The Alienator: Making sense of Justice Scalia’s personality–and his theory.” Online at Slate, Emily Bazelon has this review of Joan Biskupic’s new book, “American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.”

And at “The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,” Marcia Coyle has a related post titled “Gobble, Gobble v. Quack, Quack” that begins, “Just about everyone knows now that Justice Antonin Scalia likes to hunt.”

“Obama Wants Computer Privacy Ruling Overturned”: David Kravets has this post today at Wired.com’s “Threat Level” blog.

“The strange case of Al-Ghizzawi”: Lyle Denniston has this interesting post this evening at “SCOTUSblog.”

By a vote of 7-2, the Washington State Supreme Court upholds an $8 million default judgment, plus reasonable attorneys’ fees, against the car manufacturer Hyundai for “deliberate and willful discovery abuse”: Today’s ruling consists of a majority opinion and a dissenting opinion.

Update: The Associated Press reports that “Wash. court reinstates $8M award against Hyundai.”

“City to pay $50,000 for citation issued over obscene gesture”: Today’s edition of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains an article that begins, “The city of Pittsburgh has tentatively agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a man who was cited in 2006 for giving the middle finger to a motorist and a police officer.”

“Ruling Lets Atlantic Yards Seize Land”: This article appears today in The New York Times.

The Wall Street Journal reports today that “Builders Net Win in N.Y. Case; Court Says State Can Claim Land for Brooklyn Project; Game Is Back on for NBA Arena.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards Project Will Proceed.”

Reuters reports that “NY top court rules for state in Atlantic Yards case.”

And The New York Law Journal reports that “Atlantic Yards Plan Clears Hurdle With Ruling on Eminent Domain.”

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s New York State Court of Appeals ruling appears at this link.

“Key coordinator of detainee policy quits”: Today’s edition of The Washington Post contains an article that begins, “A key official in the Obama administration’s effort to remake detention policy and close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay has resigned. Phillip Carter, who was appointed deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee policy in April, said in a brief telephone interview that he was leaving for ‘personal and family reasons’ and not because of any policy differences with the administration.”

And Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald reports that “Detainee policy appointee quits Pentagon post.”

“Promotions ordered for New Haven firefighters”: The New Haven Register today contains an article that begins, “A U.S. District Court judge, under instruction by the Supreme Court, Tuesday entered a judgment finding that the city violated the civil rights of a group of white firefighters when it threw out two promotional exams in 2004, and ordered the city to promote 14 of them.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Judge orders New Haven firefighter promotions.”

“U.S. Senate committee to consider nomination of R.I. judge”: Today’s edition of The Providence Journal contains an article that begins, “The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will consider President Obama’s nomination of Rhode Island Superior Court Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday.”

“Prempro plaintiffs’ lawyers sold their story to the jury”: This article appears today in The Philadelphia Inquirer.