Barbara McQuade
MSNBC Columnist
Barbara McQuade is an MSNBC columnist and NBC News and MSNBC legal analyst. She is the author of "Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America," as well as 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 the author of "Attack from Within: How Disinformation is Sabotaging America," as well as 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
Why judges keep rejecting Trump's Alien Enemies Act argument
Trump is deporting Venezuelan immigrants using the Alien Enemies Act but judges like Judge James Boasberg and the D.C. Court of Appeals are ruling against him.
The top D.C. prosecutor just called himself Trump's lawyer. That's a problem.
The U.S. Attorney’s X account posted a statement from Edward R. Martin, Jr. calling himself President Donald Trump's lawyer and wading into the AP lawsuit.
JD Vance throws down a high-risk gauntlet for America's judiciary
JD Vance's judicial branch challenge risks a constitutional crisis as he criticizes judges willing to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE illegal actions.
The FBI's terrorism designation in New Orleans is much more than a symbolic act
FBI’s quick decision to investigate the New Orleans truck ramming on Bourbon Street as a terror attack is a teachable moment for U.S. senators — and Kash Patel.
The case for charging Luigi Mangione with terrorism
On Tuesday, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg charged Luigi Mangione in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Here's why a terrorism charge is warranted.
How Jack Smith quietly ensured Trump’s Jan. 6 case isn’t actually going anywhere
Jack Smith filed a motion with the trial court in the District of Columbia to dismiss the Jan. 6 election interference case against Donald Trump on Monday.
Pam Bondi is better than Matt Gaetz — but there needs to be a higher bar
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Florida’s former top prosecutor Pam Bondi to be attorney general following Rep. Matt Gaetz's withdrawal. Is she better?
Why Diddy’s billions were of no use to him in Tuesday's bail hearing in federal court
At Sean 'Diddy' Combs' bail hearing, Magistrate Judge Robyn F. Tarnofsky had him detained on the grounds that he was a flight risk and a danger to others.
Why the DOJ filed charges against Hamas leaders it is unlikely to ever arrest
On Tuesday the Justice Department unsealed a criminal complaint charging six leaders of Hamas for their roles in the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack in Israel.
Why the Menendez guilty verdict matters
Prosecutors in New Jersey obtained a guilty verdict Tuesday on all counts in trial of Democratic Senator Bob Mendendez on charges of bribery and fraud.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissent is a clarion call against corruption
Justice Jackson's fiery Supreme Court dissent takes the John Roberts court to task for enabling grifters in Snyder v. United States decision.
