Civics question 57 of 128
Who is the Chief Justice of the United States now?
Who holds the office now
- John Roberts
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Roberts
USCIS accepts any of these. Source: the USCIS test updates page, last reviewed by USCIS on September 18, 2025. This site checks every night that the office has not changed hands; check that page yourself before your interview.
What the USCIS question list itself says
- Visit uscis.gov/citizenship/testupdates for the name of the Chief Justice of the United States.
This answer changes. USCIS does not print a name in its own question list; it publishes the current officeholder on a separate page so the answer is never stale. Check the official test updates page shortly before your interview, and answer with whoever holds the office on the day.
Source: official USCIS question list for the 2025 version of the civics test. This site is independent and not affiliated with USCIS.
Background
USCIS names the current chief justice on its test updates page rather than in the printed question list, and this page repeats that name in the box above while a nightly check confirms it. The office itself is stable and worth learning. The chief justice leads the Supreme Court, presides over its public sessions and its private conferences, and assigns who writes the majority opinion whenever the chief is in the majority. The vote counts the same as any other, so the influence is procedural rather than a matter of extra weight. The chief justice also heads the federal judiciary as a whole and presides over a presidential impeachment trial in the Senate. Like the associate justices, the chief is nominated by the president, confirmed by the Senate, and serves for life. Check the USCIS page before your interview.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice to explain the civics fact. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and the official answer above is the one to give at the interview.
Where this question sits
It is part of System of Government, inside the American Government section of the test.