The Sixth Amendment of the US Constitution protects defendants in criminal prosecutions from abuse of power by the government, but what does that mean? Ratified as part of the Bill of Rights in 1791, ...

A former solicitor general and a former Supreme Court clerk vigorously sparred before the justices on Wednesday over whether indigent people have a constitutional right to counsel if they face jail ...

The Sixth Amendment has long guaranteed a criminal defendant the right “to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.” But what does that right entail in practice—particularly when a defendant ...

The Supreme Court held unanimously that a Texas trial judge court did not violate the Sixth Amendment by barring an attorney from conferring with his client about his ongoing testimony during an ...