United States v. Ralph Joseph Thunder, Jr.

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• holding that, in Sixth Amendment context, the district court should consider the availability of reasonable alternatives to closure and ensure that the closure is narrowly tailored
• explaining that the exclusion of the members of the public and the press during a child victim’s testimony is a total closure of the courtroom
• explaining that the exclusion of the members of the public and the press during a child victim's testimony is a total closure of the courtroom
• explaining that the exclusion of the members of the public and the press during a child victim's testimony is a total closure of the courtroom
• “We have an open government, and secret trials are inimical to the spirit of a republic .... ”
• “To withstand a defendant’s objection to closing a trial or (footnote continued on next page

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