Wednesday, August 26, 2026 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Schuler’s Books, West Bloomfield
7260 Orchard Lake Road,
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Join us in West Bloomfield to celebrate and learn from legal scholar and author of Attack from Within, Barbara McQuade, as she presents her newest book, The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government.
Barbara will be in conversation with local lawyer Marissa Pollick.
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About the Book:
New York Times bestselling author and former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade offers a piercing, urgent, and deeply informed exposé on the escalating threat of far-right politics to American democracy and national security—and a clear roadmap for how to stop it.
In The Fix, Barbara McQuade draws on her decades of experience as a federal prosecutor to show us the detrimental effects of a government that uses corruption, cruelty, and chaos as tools of control. As a US Attorney, McQuade became all too familiar with corruption cases, prosecuting former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, the “underwear bomber” Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, and Volkswagen, among others. 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.
Yet The Fix is not just a critique of power gone awry. McQuade offers clear strategies that ordinary Americans can utilize, from organizing teach-ins and protests to running for local office, to reclaim the rule of law and ensure that elected officials serve the public's interest, not their own.
Eye-opening and grounded in the author's abiding faith in the US Constitution to help restore power to the people, The Fix is essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of America and ready to work together to take it back.
About the Author:
Barbara McQuade is a professor from practice 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 a co-host of the podcast #SistersInLaw. From 2010 to 2017, McQuade served as U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. Ms. McQuade was appointed by President Barack Obama, and was the first woman to serve in her position. Earlier in her career, she worked as a sports writer and copy editor, a judicial law clerk, an associate in private practice, and an assistant U.S. attorney. She and her husband have four children and live in Ann Arbor.
About the Conversation Partner:
Marissa Pollick is a civil rights attorney and Title IX expert consultant. From 2004-24, she served on the faculty at the University of Michigan, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Sports Law and Ethics, Sport and Public Policy, and Race and Cultural Issues in Sport. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan (B.A., History, with High Distinction, 1978) and the University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1981).