Wednesday, September 23, 2026 6:30-8:00
Hudson Library & Historical Society,
96 Library St.,
Hudson, OH 44236
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Professor and legal analyst, Barbara McQuade returns to discuss her latest book, The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government.The New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Attorney offers a piercing, urgent, and deeply informed expose on the escalating threat of far-right politics to American democracy and national security, along with a clear roadmap for how to stop it. Kirkus Reviews calls it a “smart assessment of a presidency marked, the author argues, by blatant disregard for law, custom, and democracy.”
Drawing on her decades of experience as a federal prosecutor, Barbara McQuade outlines the detrimental effects of a government that uses corruption, cruelty, and chaos as tools of control. As a U.S. Attorney, she became all too familiar with corruption cases, prosecuting former elected officials, political terrorists, corporations, and many more. Here she exposes how rampant corruption and cruelty are being weaponized to manipulate every facet of American life. Weaving together courtroom stories, lessons from history, and real-time legal analysis, McQuade shows how each corrupt offense, each act of cruelty, is a step toward total authoritarianism.
Barbara McQuade is a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, her alma mater, where she teaches courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, national security, and data privacy. She is also a legal analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, and co-host of the #SistersInLaw podcast. From 2010 to 2017, McQuade served as the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. She was appointed by President Barack Obama and was the first woman to serve in her position. Earlier in her career, she worked as a sportswriter and copy editor, a judicial law clerk, an associate in private practice, and an assistant US attorney. She is also the author of the national bestseller, Attack from Within.
Copies of The Fix will be available for purchase and signing courtesy of The Learned Owl Book Shop.