Topless guidelines bill in the works from Sensenbrenner

I have now heard from two different sources that House Judiciary Chair James Sensenbrenner intends to introduce a bill mandating topless guidelines, and that there will be a hearing concerning the solution to the post-Booker sentencing problems that he identifies sometime in early May.  My impression from the House hearing earlier this month was that most of the witnesses did a powerful job urging Congress to leave Booker alone for now, but apparently Sensenbrenner was unconvinced.  Needless to say, this is a story to watch, and the links below provide plenty of background.

BOOKER REPORT AND OTHER USSC DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Sentencing Commission releases Booker report!
• Initial reflections on the USSC Booker report
• Editorial on USSC Booker report and reaction
• Interesting testimony at USSC hearing
• Where's the USSC's Booker report!?!?
• The USSC Booker report is back (with corrections)

BOOKER HOUSE HEARING DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• A viewer's guide to Booker House hearing
• Following the standard script at House hearing
• More reports from House Booker hearings
• Sensenbrenner takes the gloves off ... will the judiciary fight back?
• Quotes from Sensenbrenner press conference
• Updates on Booker hearings
• Let's get ready to Booker rumble...

GENERAL BOOKER FIX POSTS AND RESOURCES

• FSR Issue 18.2: Defense Perspectives on the Post-Booker World
• FSR Issue 17.5: Is a Booker Fix Needed?
• FSR Issue 17.4: The Booker Aftershock
• Dead Booker walking?: an introduction
• Dead Booker walking?: incentives to cooperate
• Dead Booker walking?: disparity in theory and practice
• Dead Booker walking?: a "drift toward lesser sentences"
• Bad Booker fix arising?