Sixth Amendment

Sixth Amendment may refer to:

  • 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 of the Constitution of South Africa, which altered the structure of the judiciary and made a number of other techical changes
  • Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, which altered the term and age limits on the judiciary

Famous quotes containing the words sixth and/or amendment:

    “Thou shalt not kill.”
    —Bible: Hebrew Exodus, 20:13.

    The sixth commandment.

    “... when we shall have our amendment to the Constitution of the United States, everyone will think it was always so, just exactly as many young people believe that all the privileges, all the freedom, all the enjoyments which woman now possesses were always hers. They have no idea of how every single inch of ground that she stands upon to-day has been gained by the hard work of some little handful of women of the past.”
    —Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)