内容摘要：They violate equal protection between men and women under the law, Bramlet argued.

They violate equal protection between men and women under the law, Bramlet argued.

Kansans for Constitutional Freedom argues thattaking effect July 1 is a direct response to the decisive

against a proposed amendment to the Kansas Constitution that would have allowed the Legislature to greatly restrict or ban abortion. The group led the “no” campaign, and itswas the Sixteen Thirty Fund, tied to Hansjörg Wyss, a Swiss billionaire who lives in Wyoming and finances liberal causes.The Kansas group filed its lawsuit Friday in U.S. District Court in Kansas.

“Kansas has adopted a series of impermissibly restrictive, overbroad and vague restrictions on issue-advocacy speech that will unconstitutionally impede public debates about some of the most important policy issues of our time,” the lawsuit said.The law will take effect less than a year after

to block foreign money in its elections. Kansas lawmakers heard committee testimony earlier this year from Ohio’s Republican secretary of state, Frank LaRose, along with conservative groups, and they

as an example of why Kansas should enact its own law.are taxes on goods imported from other countries. Companies buying foreign products pay the tariffs imposed on them — and, as a result, face higher costs that are typically passed on to customers.

Trump has argued tariffs will protect U.S. industries from unfair foreign competition and raise money for the federal government. But since so much of what we buy today relies on a global supply chain, steeper tariffs mean you’ll likely see more expensive prices fromRiegelmann’s Appliance employee Noah Guillen helps Dave Scherer, right, as he shops for a refrigerator, in Gresham, Ore., Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Riegelmann’s Appliance employee Noah Guillen helps Dave Scherer, right, as he shops for a refrigerator, in Gresham, Ore., Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)“It is going to affect everything in the economy,” said Josh Stillwagon, an associate professor of economics and chair of the Economics Division at Babson College. “There’s this immediate price increase that’s going to be passed on to consumers here, basically as soon as the retailers have to buy new product.”