Barbara McQuade
Barbara McQuade is an MSNBC columnist and NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst. She is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Barbara McQuade is an MSNBC columnist and NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst. She is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School and a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Latest from Barbara McQuade
msnbc / Opinion
Barr's defense of Trump in E. Jean Carroll's suit could give presidents carte blanche
The president already has a bully pulpit. We don't need to elevate it above the law.
msnbc / Opinion
To defeat Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination, Democrats can copy RBG
Rather than simply memorialize the late jurist, Senate Democrats should follow Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legal playbook.
think / Thought Experiment
Breonna Taylor and Robert Kraft: A tale of America's two justice systems
If we want to be the kind of country where all people are created equal, we need a criminal justice system that treats all people fairly, regardless of income, race or power.
think / Hot Take
Steve Bannon's indictment and arrest should worry Trump and his associates
Bannon can control how history remembers him with the choices he makes now.
think / Hot Take
Trump fires Geoffrey Berman, exposing Barr's bully tactics and lies in the process
Barr has shown himself to be a bully who is determined to subvert the independence of our nation’s federal prosecutors.
think / Hot Take
Trump's pardons of Rod Blagojevich and others meant to convince America corruption is OK
By inuring the public to the harm of fraud and corruption, the president can convince his base of supporters that these are not serious crimes.
think / Hot Take
Trump's impeachment trial defense hinges on six arguments. They can all be rebutted.
Trump still appears to have the votes for an acquittal in the Senate. But sometimes a prevent defense ends up being an ill-fated strategy.
