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What is the highest court in the United States?

The Supreme Court.

  1. U.S. Court of Appeals
  2. Supreme Court ✔
  3. U.S. District Court

Why: The Supreme Court is the highest court in the country. Courts of Appeals and District Courts are lower federal courts.

Huh, didn't know that: The Supreme Court did not have its own building until 1935.

The dad joke
Why did the court wear sunglasses? Its future was supremely bright.
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Sources

  1. USCIS M-1778, 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version) https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/questions-and-answers/2025-Civics-Test-128-Questions-and-Answers.pdf

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