A Reason article by Eugene Volokh highlights a legal boundary on disability accommodations in the courtroom. The core issue is whether an accommodation is reasonable when it would change the fundamental character of judicial proceedings.
The article reports that accommodations which could alter a court's substantive decisions, or affect the due process rights of other parties, fall outside the scope of reasonable accommodation. This points to a balancing test: courts must ensure meaningful access without compromising the adversarial process.
Because the article presents a single legal standard, there is no split among sources to compare. The piece does not suggest that accommodations are generally unwarranted; rather, it underscores that judicial fairness and third-party rights set hard limits on what courts must provide.