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Tracey Maclin

Joseph Lipsitt Faculty Research Scholar Professor of Law at Boston University

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Professor Tracey Maclin is the 1995 recipient of the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching, Boston University’s highest teaching award. In addition to his teaching responsibilities at BU Law, Professor Maclin has held visiting professorships at the law schools of Harvard and Cornell Universities. He also has served as counsel of record for the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and the Cato Institute in a number of U.S. Supreme Court cases addressing Fourth Amendment issues. Most recently, he was the author of an amicus brief representing the Cato Institute and NACDL in Hudson v. Michigan.

In the early part of his career, Professor Maclin served as law clerk to Judge Boyce Martin, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was then associated with the New York law firm of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel and taught at the University of Kentucky College of Law.

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Bloomberg Law: High Court Decides on Breathalyzer Rules

April 22, 2016

Bloomberg Tracey Maclin, School of Law Steven Schwinn, a professor at the John Marshall Law School, and Tracey Maclin, a professor at Boston University School of Law, discuss a Supreme Court case that will decide whether or not police officers in about a dozen states need to get warrants before conducting breathalyzer tests… Listen to […]

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Liberal record could ‘destroy’ Deval Patrick’s chances

February 16, 2016

Boston Herald Tracey Maclin, School of Law Tom Whalen, College of General Studies Deval Patrick would face a bruising Senate confirmation hearing if President Obama were to nominate the former Bay State governor — one of his closest political allies — to the Supreme Court, legal and political experts say… Expert quotes: Maclin: “Deval Patrick […]

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In Three Opinions, Third Circuit Joins Shift Away From Suppression of Evidence

February 10, 2015

The Legal Intelligencer Tracey Maclin, School of Law Since October, the Third Circuit has issued three precedential opinions allowing prosecutors to use evidence collected in violation of the Fourth Amendment… Expert quote: “That is, in my view, the key line.” View full article

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Fighting transgender politics

March 31, 2014

Boston Herald Tracey Maclin, School of Law A Cambridge transgender woman, outraged that convicted wife killer Michelle Kosilek could receive a free gender reassignment operation that health insurers refuse to cover for law-abiding citizens, has filed suit demanding the same right to tax-funded surgery — a move critics say could mark the beginning of a […]

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6th Circuit judge retired amid probe of travel expenses; allegations referred to DOJ

January 21, 2014

ABA Journal Tracey Maclin, School of Law A federal appeals judge announced his retirement this summer as an ethics committee was investigating his travel expenses, a federal panel on judicial conduct has revealed… Expert quote: “The judge has always been honest, straightforward and a person of utmost integrity.” View full article

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Would James Madison Have Agreed With Edward Snowden?

December 18, 2013

Slate Tracey Maclin, School of Law U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon criticized the National Security Agency’s metadata collection program on Monday in a lengthy ruling, declaring it “almost Orwellian” and “likely unconstitutional.” … View full article

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Madison, Aghast?

December 17, 2013

New York Sun Tracey Maclin, School of Law “Aghast” is the word that a United States district judge uses to describe how the author of the Constitution, James Madison, would react to the collection of metadata by the National Security Agency… View full article

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Subcontracting The Fourth Amendment

June 10, 2013

Esquire Tracey Maclin, School of Law BU Today has an intriguing interview today with Tracey Maclin, a professor at the Boston University School Of Law and a Fourth Amendment scholar… View full article

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Police Can Now Take Your DNA After Any Arrest

June 4, 2013

Smithsonian Tracey Maclin, School of Law The Supreme Court has ruled that police can take DNA samples from anybody under arrest for any crimes, regardless of whether DNA is relevant to their arrest… View full article

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Supreme Court Rules DNA Can Be Taken After Arrest

June 3, 2013

NPR Tracey Maclin, School of Law The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can routinely take DNA samples from people who are arrested but not yet convicted of a crime, and see if the DNA matches any samples from unsolved crimes in a national database… Expert quote: “This is not just searching somebody’s purse […]

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