TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ The Kansas Supreme Court says the state's funeral picketing law is unconstitutional.

In a ruling released Tuesday, the court unanimously said the so-called trigger provision of the 2007 law invalidated the entire statute. The trigger said the law would not be enforced until was upheld by a state or federal court.

The court said it was releasing the opinion now rather than the normal hand-down day of May 28 to give legislators time to address the issue. The legislation was in response to the Rev. Fred Phelps and his followers protesting at funerals of soldiers killed in combat.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)