Rita makes a Libby motion of sorts in seeking SCOTUS reconsideration

Lyle Denniston reports here at SCOTUSblog that Victor Rita’s lawyer “relying on President Bush’s clemency ruling in the CIA leak case, urged the Supreme Court on Monday to reconsider its June 21 ruling upholding the 33-month prison sentence” for his client.  There’s more:

Going even further, Assistant Federal Public Defender Thomas N. Cochran of Greensboro urged the Court to reconsider its 2005 decision in U.S. v. Booker that salvaged the federal Sentencing Guidelines by making them advisory, not mandatory. (The text of the petition, with attachments, can be found here.)

The President’s explanation for nullifying the 30-month prison sentence of former vice presidential aide I. Lewis Libby in the leak case, the new filing argued, “directly conflicts with the federal sentencing policy espoused by the Administration and argued vehemently, indeed successfully, by the Executive’s own Solicitor General in this case.”

It would be, of course, very surprising for the Supreme Court to decide to reconsider Rita or Booker, but perhaps the Court will at least order the Solicitor General to respond. 

Anyone know when the Court last granted a motion for reconsideration?  Anyone know what timing rules would apply for anyone interested in filing an amicus brief in support of reconsideration?  Anyone else hoping that maybe Justice Scalia will see fit to write an opinion in response to this motion no matter what the Court decides to do?