Sensenbrenner officially introduces topless guidelines Booker fix

I heard word today that House Judiciary Committee Chairman, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. has (finally) officially introduced a legislative Booker fix in the form of HR 6254 (available for download below).  Though some resist the label “topless guidelines,” that label is the easiest way to describe a bill that is formally called the “Sentencing Fairness and Equity Restoration Act of 2006.”  I likely will spend the weekend discussion this (somewhat expected) development, but I have an afternoon with more fun that blogging planned.  Plus, as revealed below, I have already blogged aplenty about these matters.

Download booker_introduction_draft.pdf

Just some of many posts on topless guidelines and other Booker fix buzz:

• Sensenbrenner Booker fix drafted
• Will the fall bring any Booker fix action?
• News on the Booker fix front
• Constitution Project urges post-Booker reforms
• Full draft of Tweaking Booker
• Latest FSR issue develops model federal guidelines
• FSR Issue 18.3: Taking Stock a Year after Booker
• FSR Issue 18.2: Defense Perspectives on the Post-Booker World
• FSR Issue 17.5: Is a Booker Fix Needed?

Posts in my (now dated) “Dead Booker walking?” series:

• 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”