Should SCOTUS now just remand Claiborne in light of the new USSC report?

The new USSC cocaine report provides so much to discuss (basics here), I am not sure where to start.  In the hope generating a lawyerly debate, I’ll start with these provocative questions:

1.  Should the Justices now just simply remand the Claiborne case — which concerns the reasonableness of a below-the-old-crack-guideline sentence — to the Eighth Circuit for reconsideration in light of the new USSC report and amendments?

2.  Should the Justices request letter briefs on this issue from the parties and/or should Claiborne’s lawyer or the Solicitor General request a remand?

Put simply, the new report and amendments from the USSC provides powerful new evidence about the reasonableness of crack sentences, especially for low-level offenders like Mario Claiborne.  Though I thought that Claiborne’s below-guideline sentence was reasonable before the USSC latest analysis, the USSC report provides a lot of new information and perspective on any decision to give a below-the-old-crack-guideline sentence.

As question 2 suggests, this issues seems lively enough to justify soliciting input from the parties.  And, in my view, some (or all) of the lawyers might reasonably decide their client’s interests would be best served by a simple remand without SCOTUS consideration on the merits. 

(Of course, I would be greatly disappointed if the Supreme Court does not fully address post-Booker sentencing realities this term.  But SCOTUS can and will speak to many post-Booker issues in Rita even if it were to remand Claiborne without any discussion of the merits.)