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All three network newscasts had their Supreme Court correspondents cover the 2008 challenge to bans on handguns in which the Justices recognized an individual's Constitutional right to bear arms, at least in federal jurisdictions. Now that ruling, based on the District of Columbia, may be expanded but only NBC deems that second step newsworthy enough to assign a reporter. Pete Williams alone covered the decision to accept the wider appeal last September; now he alone reports on the oral arguments. "Constitutional rights do not apply automatically to the cities and states," he explained, as Chicago sought to have its restrictions upheld. He did not give the Windy City much of a shot: "A clear majority of the Court seemed prepared to strike down Chicago's handgun ban and apply the Second Amendment nationwide."
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