Activist judge on SCOTUS? Whoda thunk Scalia was a lib?

Antonin Scalia, who, in the majority opinion of 2002 case Republican Party of Minnesota v. White, wrote:

This complete separation of the judiciary from the enterprise of "representative government" might have some truth in those countries where judges neither make law themselves nor set aside the laws enacted by the legislature. It is not a true picture of the American system. Not only do state-court judges possess the power to "make" common law, but they have the immense power to shape the States' constitutions as well. ... In fact, the judges of inferior courts often "make law," since the precedent of the highest court does not cover every situation, and not every case is reviewed. (Emphasis mine)