Who would have thought? Conservative, Bush appointee Paul Cassell, who is now a federal judge in Utah, has found the U.S. sentencing guidelines to be unconstitutional in their application.
Law Professor Douglas Berman, who writes the new law blog, Sentencing Law and Policy, says Cassell is the first federal judge to officially declare the federal sentencing guidelines unconstitutional after Blakely. Here is a link to Judge Cassell's opinion in US v. Croxford.
Details here from TalkLeft.com.