Many people have spoken about the rule of law. What the rule of law requires, however, is not a blind respect for the ballot count in an election marred by denials of the right to vote, but a healthy appreciation of the need for legal redress of any violations. Rather, it is protecting one's constitutional rights. Other countries look to the United States as a bastion of legality, stability, and above all democracy. Some have suggested that the continued uncertainty over the outcome of the election is embarrassing, but far more embarrassing would be a rush to an incorrect result.
Any country can have quick results.
It is a testament to the strength of our democracy and our legal system that the most powerful people in our country must wait for the courts to completely address the concerns of even the most vulnerable American citizens. As law students, we are especially concerned about the assault on the right to use the courts to preserve legal rights. The right to vote was granted to blacks only after the Civil War and made effective only after the Civil Rights movement, and was granted to women only after many years of organizing. To assert that the courts should not intervene to protect this right undermines the very right itself. Surely, the ability, indeed the responsibility, to enforce this right is equally important.