[colorado tanker]

Just on what's in the article, I'd agree with Scalia. If it's a private attorney, not one provided by the State, the client should have the right to decide.

[DB]

Not if the attorney isn't a member of the state bar where the trial is. Which was apparently the case here.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Scalia seems to have got one right for a change. Else we have the situation where the judge and prosecutaion (both elected by and representing The People often) get to determine who may represent a defendant. Of course, the defendant may be too stupid (or too poor) to get a good lawyer.