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Zedner v. United States 547 U.S. 489 (2006) was a United States Supreme Court case involving the right to a speedy trial. Justice Samuel Alito writing for a unanimous Court ruled that a defendant cannot prospectively waive the protections of the Speedy Trial Act. Justice Antonin Scalia filed a partial concurrence objecting to Alito’s use of legislative history.