Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., Riverside Cty.

I agree that in this case the trial judge erred in closing the voir dire proceeding and in refusing to release a transcript of that proceeding without appropriate specific findings that nondisclosure was necessitated by a compelling governmental interest and was narrowly tailored to serve that interest. I write separately to emphasize my understanding *514that the Court does not decide, nor does this case require it to address, the asserted “right to privacy of the prospective jurors.” Ante, at 510.

Certainly, a juror has a valid interest in not being required to disclose to all the world highly…