’twas the morning before Booker?

Well, here we go again, again.  The Supreme Court has said it will be issuing an opinion today, and so (now for the fourth time) I am getting prepared for a decision in Booker and Fanfan. (Prior posts in preparation include Booker and Fanfan pre-reading guide and Gearing up for Booker and Fanfan.)

Credit for this post’s title goes to the mysterious Milbarge of the blog Begging the Question.  Seizing upon my comment here that I would award a complete set of FSR Blakely issues (Issues 16.5, 17.1 and 17.2) for appropriate sentencing jocularity, Milbarge has penned ‘Twas the Night Before Booker.  Here is the opening refrain from Milbarge’s brilliant sentencing lyrics to put everyone in the mood for what could be a very big day:

‘Twas the night before Booker, and all through the prison,
Inmates packed up the cells that they wouldn’t be missing.
The lawbooks and transcripts were bound up with care,
In hopes that the verdict soon would be there.