The Supreme Court is a panel of nine Supreme Justices. Among the nine Justices their is one Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices. The justices overhear court cases in which the defendants do not believe were executed or ruled properly. The Supreme Court does not hear every case, only 100-150 cases a year.

 As the highest court of the United States, according to the Constitution and CornellEdu, “The judicial power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and treaties made, or which shall be made, under their authority under their Authority;-to all Cases affecting Ambassadors…” In recent events the Courts have been tested to how far their power really can go. The power of the court is tested and kept in line with other branches of the government by checks and balances. 

In recent events, the State of Texas has put a ban on abortions after six weeks. The case was brought to the Supreme Court in hopes of overruling the new law. However, the court had a different plan and instead ruled in favor of Texas. People tested the court to see how much power they truly had over the Texas decision. With a 5-4 vote, the courts refused to block the law prohibiting abortion. The majority opinion claimed that it was not ruling on the constitutionality of Texas law reported from New York Times. The ruling tested Roe v. Wade landmark case from 1973, and whether or not the Supreme Court can constitutionally override it. The dissenting opinion written by Sonia Sotomayor states referenced from an article by New York Times,““The court’s order is stunning,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in her dissent. “Presented with an application to enjoin a flagrantly unconstitutional law engineered to prohibit women from exercising their constitutional rights and evade judicial scrutiny, a majority of justices have opted to bury their heads in the sand.” 

The real question is, how far does the power of the Supreme Court have over the power of the people? Did the Supreme Court really have the power to override Roe v. Wade and allow for Texas Law to be passed? Without personal opinion of pro or against abortion, does the court have the right to over ride Roe v. Wade? The Supreme Court has been pushed and tested to their limits, and the battle will only continue till both side of the argument have a sense of satisfaction.