The $6$th Amendment states that $"...$the accused shall enjoy the right...to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence."$1.$ How does the US Supreme Court currently understand the right to "the assistance of counsel"? Which defendants have this right and which do not? Use both the text and Gideon v Wainwright to answer these questions$\mathrm{.}2.$ Explain the US Supreme Court's Two Step Test for determining whether a defendant had ineffective counsel to the point that their $6$th Amendment right was violated. Use the text and Strickland v Washington to answer this question$\mathrm{.}3.$ Finally, consider Strickland's claim that he had ineffective counsel. Do you agree with him? Or$,$ do you agree with the Court that Strickland's lawyer was "within the range of competence" and therefore Strickland's $6$th Amendment rights were not violated? Doesn't the fact that Strickland was sentenced to death show that he had ineffective counsel? After all, the outcomes for a defendant couldn't be any worse...