(CNN) -- Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is known for bold disagreement, conservative arguments, pointed questions and the occasional crude hand gesture, and still, it's been an intense few months for one of the high court's most polarizing figures, with biting insults hurled in his direction. 

Last month, Scalia dissented in the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 health care ruling, writing that the court undermined values of "caution, minimalism, and the understanding that the federal government is one of limited powers." 

Three days earlier, when the high court mostly rejected Arizona's immigration law, Scalia's minority opinion showed he was "more than usually outraged," CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said. In a solo dissent read from the bench, the 76-year-old dressed down the Obama administration and suggested Arizona wouldn't have entered the union if it had known how the ruling would come down: "If securing its territory in this fashion is not within the power of Arizona, we should cease referring to it as a sovereign state." 

While many call Scalia a brilliant legal mind, his dissent on the court's Arizona immigration decision was accused of being too political, "more like a right-wing blogger or Fox News pundit," according to Politico. The Daily Beast called it "his churlish and self-aggrandizing and probably unethical tirade." 

An opinion in Salon called Scalia an "increasingly intolerant and intolerable blowhard: a pompous celebrant of his own virtue and rectitude" -- in short, the headline said, a "ranting old man." Liberal Washington Post opinion writer E.J. Dionne Jr. called for Scalia to resign. 
who called for Scalia to resign?
who is he?
what does Scalia do?
What was the health care ruling?
was he happy about the ruling?
would Arizona have entered the Union if they knew about the ruling?
what is Arizona wanting to do?
what was rejected?
how angry was he?
who reported that?
who is he?
what was accused of being too political?
How old is Scalia?
what is he known for?
and?
was he happy with the Obama administration?
was he compared to a Fox news pundit?
by who?
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what did the Daily Beast call it?
E.J. Dionne Jr.
E.J. Dionne Jr.
Liberal Washington Post opinion writer
Liberal Washington Post opinion writer 
Supreme Court Justice
Supreme Court Justice
5-4
 5-4 
no
Scalia dissented in the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 health care ruling
no
Arizona wouldn't have entered the union if it had known how the ruling would come down:
secure its territory
securing its territory
Arizona's immigration law
Arizona's immigration law
more than usually outraged
more than usually outraged
Jeffrey Toobin
Jeffrey Toobin
CNN senior legal analyst
CNN senior legal analyst 
his dissent on the court's Arizona immigration decision
his dissent on the court's Arizona immigration decision
76
76
bold disagreement, conservative arguments, pointed questions
bold disagreement, conservative arguments, pointed questions 
occasional crude hand gesture,
 occasional crude hand gesture,
no
dressed down the Obama administration
yes
 Fox News pundit,"
Politico.
Politico.
increasingly intolerant and intolerable blowhard
increasingly intolerant and intolerable blowhard
his churlish and self-aggrandizing and probably unethical tirade.
his churlish and self-aggrandizing and probably unethical tirade." 