What is one part of the judicial branch?

Answers from the USCIS list

Give one of these answers.

• Supreme Court
• Federal Courts

Our explanation

The judicial branch is made up of courts. The Supreme Court is the highest court. The other federal courts are sometimes called lower federal courts.

Remember it

Judicial sounds like judges, and judges work in courts: Supreme Court, federal courts.

Source

USCIS 2025 Study Guide (M-1175) p. 29: “The parts of the Judicial Branch are the Supreme Court and other federal courts… The other federal courts are sometimes called lower federal courts.”

• 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778 (09/25) (PDF, USCIS)

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