And an appeals court that is proving to be more conservative than the Supreme Court racked up more losses. Here is a list of winners and losers from the court’s term that began in October.

It’s not every day that a political leader talking about the state of U.S. democracy is able to hit two tricky notes at the same time: realism and hope.

The point here was not to raise your arms and growl at the Supreme Court, but to signal, in any way that makes sense to you as a citizen, that you were bearing witness, writing op-eds, protesting ...