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The Supreme Court has applied all but one of this amendment's protections to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The Sixth Amendment guarantees criminal defendants nine different rights, including the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury consisting of jurors from the state and district in ...
The only amendment to be ratified through this method thus far is the Twenty-first Amendment in 1933. That amendment is also the only one that explicitly repeals an earlier one, the Eighteenth Amendment (ratified in 1919), establishing the prohibition of alcohol.
Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires U.S. states to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own.
In an 8–1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Gault's commitment to the State Industrial School was a violation of the Sixth Amendment since he had been denied the right to an attorney, had not been formally notified of the charges against him, had not been informed of his right against self-incrimination, and had had no opportunity ...
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Scott v. Illinois, 440 U.S. 367 (1979), was a case heard by the Supreme Court of the United States.In Scott, the Court decided whether the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments required Illinois to provide Scott with trial counsel.
Even though Reese Franyo's skirt follows her school's dress code, she is still getting shamed for it. The 12-year-old was pulled into the hallway by a teacher, who told her in front of her peers ...
An lawn sign opposing Missouri’s Amendment 3, paid for by anti-abortion activist Zina Hackworth, is seen in Ladue, Missouri in this reader-submitted photo. (courtesy Gaby Thornton)