If the bill had failed in Congress or vetoed by the President, I would have been resigned to the fact that I lost. I didn't lose. I won. And it was hard. After the game was over, three people went into a room, two came out and made a decision about the rules that is in line with their ideological beliefs. Of course I feel that there might be an alterior motive. Of course I am disappointed. You fought me very hard on this before you were a justice and you used a technicallity to kill a bill that you never liked. Why not just admit that? Believe it or not, I would rather know that than have you lie to me.
Why will I not admit that my decision was politically motivated? Because that would be a lie. I am a strict constructionist - this was a known factor when I was confirmed for my position, and it is the only ideological motivation I have in my job as well as the only possible valid one I could have, I do not let the issue of the day get personal. You did not even bother to show up for my confirmation hearing, you did not debate against my appointment in the least, even knowing where I stood and what would probably happen to your bill should I be appointed - so why did you not do so?
Also of note, I've stated that Section 6 of your bill(in a thread which was conveniently deleted), which I opposed along with the rest of it, was not ruled unconstitutional - it's clearly constitutional under Clause 15 of the Powers Amendment, and I've made no secret of it. You could easily stuff that into it's own bill, probably needing a few tweaks for information purposes, and get it passed - I would oppose it in the debate, of course, and even if passed and then opposed in the court by a plaintiff, I would rule it constitutional because it would be so. If you really want to know, it was originally my intention to strike down only the unconstitutional sections of bills, but a previous court precedent(Texasgurl vs. Fritz) made ruling one section of a bill unconstitutional strike down the entire bill - if you don't believe me ask Texasgurl, I did ask about this subject in our first meeting.
