This reminds me a lot of the pattern Darrell Brooks Jr. used frequently while representing himself in the well publicized trial last year. To summarize the pat

This reminds me a lot of the pattern Darrell Brooks Jr. used frequently while representing himself in the well publicized trial last year. To summarize the pattern: Brooks: "I want to do <thing>" Judge: "You can't do <thing>, because <we're not at that phase yet | we're past that phase | that's not actually a thing you can do in court>" Brooks: "So I can't defend myself?" Brooks' response expands a specific constraint into being completely restrained from defending himself. Your statement seems to be applying the same logic. I don't think that logic is particularly sound. A defendant being unwilling to follow court process and procedure is in no way the court restricting that defendant's right to defend themselves.