55. How long do Supreme Court justices serve?

• (For) life • Lifetime appointment • (Until) retirement – Important Updates to the Naturalization Test – USCIS has revised the civics portion of the naturalization test. All applicants for naturalization with a filing date on or after December 1, 2020, will be required to take the 2020 version of the civics test. The naturalization test has two components: •

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

• Five (5) – Important Updates to the Naturalization Test – USCIS has revised the civics portion of the naturalization test. All applicants for naturalization with a filing date on or after December 1, 2020, will be required to take the 2020 version of the civics test. The naturalization test has two components: • English • Civics The English portion

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53. How many seats are on the Supreme Court?

• Nine (9) – Important Updates to the Naturalization Test – USCIS has revised the civics portion of the naturalization test. All applicants for naturalization with a filing date on or after December 1, 2020, will be required to take the 2020 version of the civics test. The naturalization test has two components: • English • Civics The English portion

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52. What is the highest court in the United States? *

 • Supreme Court – Important Updates to the Naturalization Test – USCIS has revised the civics portion of the naturalization test. All applicants for naturalization with a filing date on or after December 1, 2020, will be required to take the 2020 version of the civics test. The naturalization test has two components: • English • Civics The English portion

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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 – Important Updates to the Naturalization Test – USCIS has revised the civics portion of the naturalization test. All applicants for naturalization with a filing date on or after December 1, 2020, will be required to take

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50 What is one part of the judicial branch?

• Supreme Court • Federal Courts – Important Updates to the Naturalization Test – USCIS has revised the civics portion of the naturalization test. All applicants for naturalization with a filing date on or after December 1, 2020, will be required to take the 2020 version of the civics test. The naturalization test has two components: • English • Civics

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49. Why is the Electoral College important?

• It decides who is elected president. • It provides a compromise between the popular election of the president and congressional selection. – Important Updates to the Naturalization Test – USCIS has revised the civics portion of the naturalization test. All applicants for naturalization with a filing date on or after December 1, 2020, will be required to take the

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48. What are two Cabinet-level positions?

• Attorney General • Secretary of Agriculture • Secretary of Commerce • Secretary of Defense • Secretary of Education • Secretary of Energy • Secretary of Health and Human Services • Secretary of Homeland Security • Secretary of Housing and Urban Development • Secretary of the Interior • Secretary of Labor • Secretary of State • Secretary of Transportation •

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47. What does the President’s Cabinet do?

• Advises the President (of the United States) – Important Updates to the Naturalization Test – USCIS has revised the civics portion of the naturalization test. All applicants for naturalization with a filing date on or after December 1, 2020, will be required to take the 2020 version of the civics test. The naturalization test has two components: • English

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46. The executive branch has many parts. Name one.

• President (of the United States) • Cabinet • Federal departments and agencies – Important Updates to the Naturalization Test – USCIS has revised the civics portion of the naturalization test. All applicants for naturalization with a filing date on or after December 1, 2020, will be required to take the 2020 version of the civics test. The naturalization test

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