Skip to content
CivicsWise
Menu

Question 54 of 128 · American Government · System of Government

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

Accepted answer

  • Five (5)

Why this is the answer

A case is decided by a majority of the justices, and with nine on the Court a majority is five. The justices who agree write the decision that explains their reasons, and the majority's ruling is the one that counts. Memory hook: five out of nine is more than half.