An institution that is commonly taught about in middle and high schools is the U.S. Supreme Court. Many people--adults and young people alike--hold misconceptions about how it works. Interestingly, however, this lack of knowledge does not stop people from having a generally positive opinion of the Court--especially relative to the other two branches of the federal government. In this article, the author shares her experiences in teaching high school students in a variety of venues, and listening to hundreds of middle and high school teachers talk about their understandings about the Court--and what their students tend to know and not know. Here, she discusses the six key misconceptions that many people hold about the Court (and the Constitution) that need to be corrected, or at least contested. Furthermore, she states that it is important that people know how institutions, such as the Supreme Court, really work if they are to truly understand what influence it has on U.S. society. Correcting many of the misconceptions she has described could serve an important role in disentangling the damaging connection that is often made between reverence and engaged citizenship. (Contains 10 notes.)