Barbara McQuade, Columnist

The DOJ Suing for Voter Data Is Dangerous on Many Levels

January 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM UTC

Barbara McQuade is a professor at the University of Michigan Law school, a former US attorney and author of the forthcoming book, "The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government."

On dangerous ground.
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