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6 unusual facts about Sixth Amendment


Sixth Amendment

Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, which sets out rights of the accused in a criminal prosecution

Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, ensured that certain adoption orders would not be found to be unconstitutional because they had not been made by a court

Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, which altered the term and age limits on the judiciary

Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa, which altered the structure of the judiciary and made a number of other technical changes

Twenty-sixth Amendment

Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution — provides that the right to vote may not be denied on account of age, by any state or by the United States, to any American citizen age 18 or older.

Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Constitution of India — 28 December 1971, abolition of privy purse paid to former rulers of princely states which were incorporated into the Indian Republic


Chief Justice of South Africa

In 2001, after Mohammed's death and, consequently, with the position of Chief Justice vacant, the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of South Africa fused the positions of Chief Justice and President of the Constitutional Court into one single job of Chief Justice.


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Doggett v. United States

Justice O'Connor in dissent noted that Doggett's liberty was never inhibited between his indictment and arrest, and therefore did not have his Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial violated.

Washington v. Texas

In her review of the history behind the Sixth Amendment, Kime argued that James Madison could have drafted a more comprehensive right to "call for evidence" (as existed in the Virginia Declaration of Rights) but failed to do so.