I believe there were two judges on the 11th circuit who dissented and thought they should do what Congress intended them to do. I know one was a Clinton appointee by the name of Wilson. He wrote an exellent opinion on it that I don't have at the moment.
Yes, Amos did note two or three dissenters up the chain who did their constitutional duty. Almost all of the judges, however, as he noted, made themselves accomplices to murder.