How many Supreme Court justices are usually needed to decide a case?

The 65/20 special consideration

Question 54 is not one of the 20 asterisked questions, so an applicant who qualifies for the 65/20 special consideration would not be asked it. Everyone else studies all 128.

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.

• Declaration of Independenceanswers Question 9: What founding document said the American colonies were free from Britain?
• Freedom of expressionanswers Question 65: What are three rights of everyone living in the United States?
• Required by lawanswers Question 71: Why is it important to pay federal taxes?

More System of Government questions

• 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 52: What is the highest court in the United States?Supreme Court
• Question 53: How many seats are on the Supreme Court?Nine (9)
• Question 55: How long do Supreme Court justices serve?(For) life · Lifetime appointment · (Until) retirement
• Question 56: Supreme Court justices serve for life. Why?To be independent (of politics) · To limit outside (political) influence