Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120703:19:26:00
Over the past few weeks, we've had some rumblings in scholarly corners that our supreme court is too small. well, india's got 31 judges appointed by the president for life terms. how does that work out over there? >> well, a lot of people say that it's really the supreme court increasingly that's running the country in india. the unique structure that india has is that in addition to just interpreting the constitution, the indian court can actually hear what are called public interest cases. and it doesn't have to be somebody affected by the case who brings the suit. it can be a third party. y...