In re the Detention of D.F.F.

Dwyer, A.C.J.

¶1 The Washington State Supreme Court has, without exception, applied article I, section 10 of the Washington State Constitution so as to preclude trial courts from automatically closing their proceedings to the public.1 Uniformly, the court’s opinions require that the trial court conduct an individualized inquiry into whether a sufficient countervailing interest exists to override the *218public’s constitutional right to the open administration of justice before closing any part of any judicial proceeding.

¶2 In its role as rule maker, however, the Supreme Court enacted Superior…