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Today at the Court

The Justices will hold their private conference, orders from which are expected on Monday; the next conference is January 8, 2010.  To see our the petitions Tom has deemed to have a reasonable chance of being granted at this conference, see this morning’s edition of Petitions to Watch.

No oral arguments are scheduled and no non-capital orders are anticipated.

Merits briefs are due today for the petitioners in Skilling v. United States (08-1394) and Health Care Service v. Pollitt (09-38).