What is the current state of the law regarding confidentiality in criminal proceedings involving juvenile offenders?

In the face of overwhelming case law regarding the openness of criminal trials, defendants argue that "our approach to juvenile offenders has evolved greatly over time," Appellants' Br. at 19, and the uniform rule of openness does not apply to proceedings involving juveniles. But to support this argument, defendants cite to four cases in which confidentiality protections were upheld regarding proceedings held on juvenile dockets. See United States v. Three Juvs. , 61 F.3d 86, 86 (1st Cir. 1995) (holding that a federal statutory scheme "authorizes, but does not mandate, closure of juvenile proceedings " (emphasis added)); Smith v. Daily Mail Publ'g. Co. , 443 U.S. 97, 98, 99 S.Ct. 2667, 61 L.Ed.2d 399 (1979) (considering "whether

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