What is the highest court in the United States?

On the 2008 test

The 2008 test asks this as Question 38, in the same words.

The 2008 question lists the same answer.

Background

The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States. Its rulings are final and bind every other court in the country.

From this site's page for 2008 Question 38.

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 52 is one of the 20 questions USCIS marks with an asterisk. An applicant who is 65 or older and has been a lawful permanent resident for 20 years or more may study only those 20; the officer asks 10 of them and 6 correct answers pass.

Answers that get mixed up with this one

These are the wrong options the 2025 practice test puts beside this question. Each one is the correct answer to a different 2025 question.

• Equalityanswers Question 10: Name two important ideas from the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution.
• Citizensanswers Question 64: Who can vote in federal elections, run for federal office, and serve on a jury in the United States?
• Required by lawanswers Question 71: Why is it important to pay federal taxes?

More System of Government questions

• Question 49: Why is the Electoral College important?It decides who is elected president. · It provides a compromise between the popular election of the president and congressional selection.
• Question 50: What is one part of the judicial branch?Supreme Court · Federal Courts
• Question 51: What does the judicial branch do?Reviews laws · Explains laws · Resolves disputes (disagreements) about the law · Decides if a law goes against the (U.S.) Constitution
• Question 53: How many seats are on the Supreme Court?Nine (9)
• Question 54: How many Supreme Court justices are usually needed to decide a case?Five (5)