Did I miss something?

I was reading an article on salon.com about the Republican Presidential candidates and their position on the executive power to detain people. Good article, if a bit scary. Anyway, the article makes good use of sarcasm to undercut the idea that the existence of power is compatible with the rule of law. I almost choked when I read the following:

And the Court's left-wing terrorist-lover, Antonin Scalia . . .