Why does Justice Scalia insult his colleagues?

The conservative judge consistently lobs rhetorical bombs at his Supreme Court colleagues, says Linda Greenhouse in The New York Times

Justice Antonin Scalia serves up "bomb throwing opinions" to convince colleagues to join his side of the argument, says Linda Greenhouse in The New York Times.
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Antonin Scalia has just turned 75, says Linda Greenhouse in The New York Times, and the conservative Supreme Court justice remains as "dyspeptic" as ever. In a recent dissenting argument, Scalia blasted a majority opinion written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor as a "gross distortion of the facts," "utter nonsense," and "unprincipled," among other choice phrases. This latest outburst is in keeping with a long history of such withering opinions aimed at his colleagues. Why is he such a bully? Here, an excerpt:

I can't think of an example of one of Justice Scalia's bomb-throwing opinions ever enticing a wavering colleague to come over to his corner. ...

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