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The civil war between the two parties has never truly ended.
The Supreme Court has the legal right to involve itself, because of large reasons. For the first reason, The race was tight enough, and no matter what, one of them was going to win. Bush was already 'winning', and so there really wasn't a point of recounting. Also, another reason is that a country cannot be without a leader. If this continued, the US will not have been following it's guideline (if they continue the previous president until finish counting), or will be leaderless. Also, the Supreme Court is there to regulate rules, and at this point, it is just exercising its rights.
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Policy gridlock is whereby passing of laws becomes a hindrance in satisfying the needs of voters or people because of lack of agreement between two legislative houses are managed by different political parties.