Jesse Rhodes, Professor of Political Science quoted in NPR report on conservative legal challenges to the Voting Rights Act. "Conservative legal activist groups are trying out a variety of pretty radical claims that would have been beyond the pale 10, 15, 20 years ago," says Jesse Rhodes, who wrote Ballot Blocked: The Political Erosion of the Voting Rights Act. "But now that there's this very conservative majority, they think, 'Why not? Let's give it a shot.' And they're hoping that some of these sets of claims will stick." (NPR, 01/06/24)