Authors

Jesselyn A. Radack

United States Citizens Detained as "Enemy Combatants": The Right to Counsel as a Matter of Ethics

Abstract

The Supreme Court will decide as a matter of law whether an American citizen detained as an enemy combatant has the right to counsel. The author argues that as a matter of ethics, the answer is clear - there is a right to counsel. In this Article, the author analyzes the cases regarding Jose Padilla and Yaser Esam Hamdi discusses ABA Model Rule 4.2, and its application, and proposes an amendment to Rule 4.2's Comment.

Repository Citation

Jesselyn A. Radack, United States Citizens Detained as "Enemy Combatants": The Right to Counsel as a Matter of Ethics, 12 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 221 (2003), https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmborj/vol12/iss1/6