Behind the Story: Covering the Supreme Court

NBC News Justice Correspondent Pete Williams offers tips for covering the Supreme Court and goes Behind the Story of covering the landmark 2015 same-sex marriage case Obergefell v. Hodges.

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“Most Americans don’t know much about how their government works or what the courts do,” Williams said. “So we have an obligation in our reporting to explain the legal issues in as much detail as time permits — and to push our producers and editors to let us do it.”