Quotes and Mentions - January 9, 2024
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“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. 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.”
Jesse Rhodes, political science, comments in an article about legal challenges to the Voting Rights Act by Republican officials, mainly in the South.
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A 2023 UMass Amherst Poll showing that about 1 in 6 Americans, and 1 in 3 Republicans, think “patriot” is a good descriptor for those who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 events at the U.S. Capitol is cited in a column about differences in how the day is characterized by former President Donald Trump and by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
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An opinion piece on New Year’s resolutions for the country cites a UMass Amherst Poll from June 2023 showing that a majority of Americans support term limits for U.S. Supreme Court justices.
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An op-ed on the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol references a January 2023 UMass Amherst Poll that found a growing belief among Americans that the nation should “move on” from the event.
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Isabella Weber, economics, was interviewed in Tagesspiegel about the debt brake and its impact on the German economy.
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A column on inflation in Sri Lanka cites research by UMass Amherst economist Isabella Weber and doctoral student Evan Wasner on “sellers’ inflation,” the ability of firms with market power to increase prices.
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