What is the highest court in the United States?

Answers from the USCIS list

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• the Supreme Court

Our explanation

The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States. Its decisions are final. No other court in the United States can change a Supreme Court decision.

Remember it

“Supreme” means highest. The Supreme Court is the highest court; the Constitution is the supreme law.

Source

USCIS 2025 Study Guide (M-1175) p. 29, 31: “The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States. This means that the Supreme Court’s decision about a law or legal case is final.”

• Civics (History and Government) Questions for the Naturalization Test (2008 version), rev. 08/21 (PDF, USCIS)

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