Question 52: What is the highest court in the United States?
Official answer
- Supreme Court
Grandpa explains
The Supreme Court, kiddo. What it decides is the last word: there is nowhere else to appeal.
Careful: these are NOT the answer
These are the common mix-ups. The app uses them as traps so you practice.
- Court of Appeals
- District Court
- State Court
On the 2008 test this is question 38
If you filed your N-400 before October 20, 2025, you take the 2008 version. Which one is mine?
What is the highest court in the United States?
- the Supreme Court
Video lesson on this topic: The Courts and the States
More questions on this topic
- 53How many seats are on the Supreme Court?
- 54How many Supreme Court justices are usually needed to decide a case?
- 55How long do Supreme Court justices serve?
- 56Supreme Court justices serve for life. Why?
- 57Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
- 58Name one power that is only for the federal government.
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Official sources:
- USCIS · 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25) ↗ · checked October 6, 2026
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