“Indiana Law Blog will be back online Monday”: Kristine Guerra of The Indianapolis Star had this article two weeks ago — which means, of course, that the “Indiana Law Blog” is now back in existence!

“Sex offenders win and lose in ‘peculiar’ rulings by the Kansas Supreme Court; The court overruled three of its own opinions issued on the same day”: Tony Rizzo of The Kansas City Star has an article that begins, “In an apparently unprecedented series of events, the Kansas Supreme Court on Friday overruled three of its own opinions, also released Friday, regarding the state’s sex offender registration laws. In three separate opinions issued Friday, the court found 2011 changes to the sex offender registry law cannot be applied retroactively to offenders convicted before the law took effect. But then in a fourth opinion, also released Friday, the court found that those rulings were incorrect.”

Justin Wingerter of The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that “Sex offender registry compared to ‘The Scarlet Letter’ in fiery Kansas Supreme Court opinions; Several 4-3 opinions show divide on the court over registration.”

And at his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog, Douglas A. Berman has a post titled “Split Kansas Supreme Court, reversing itself in real time, ultimately decides that state’s lifetime sex offender registration law is constitutional.”

You can access here, here, here, and here yesterday’s four rulings of the Supreme Court of Kansas.

“Major Wisconsin cases could hang in balance at short-handed Supreme Court”: Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently had an article that begins, “Having the U.S. Supreme Court short one justice for the foreseeable future could affect Wisconsin cases dealing with voter ID, abortion, an investigation of Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign and how legislative districts are drawn.”

“USPTO appeals to Supreme Court for ruling on racially tinged trademarks; Asian-American rock band won’t get its trademark until the high court weighs in”: Joe Mullin of Ars Technica has this report.

“Have some of the courts’ power been shifted to Congress?” Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Because Texas law does not impose a duty of good faith and fair dealing in the student-university relationship, we affirm.” So holds a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.