This branch has the ability to pass laws and impeach the president.

This branch has the ability to pass laws and impeach the president.

• A. Judicial branch
• B. Legislative branch
• C. Executive branch
• D. Administrative branch

Answer: (B)

The legislative branch is responsible for making laws and also has a constitutional check on the president through impeachment. Congress writes and votes on laws; once both houses approve, they go to the president to sign or veto. Impeachment is a built-in restraint on executive power: the House brings charges, and the Senate conducts the trial and can remove the president if convicted. The judicial branch interprets laws, and the executive branch enforces them (and can veto or sign legislation), but neither handles both lawmaking and impeachment. An administrative branch isn’t a formal separate branch in the U.S. system. So the branch described is the legislative branch.

The legislative branch is responsible for making laws and also has a constitutional check on the president through impeachment. Congress writes and votes on laws; once both houses approve, they go to the president to sign or veto. Impeachment is a built-in restraint on executive power: the House brings charges, and the Senate conducts the trial and can remove the president if convicted. The judicial branch interprets laws, and the executive branch enforces them (and can veto or sign legislation), but neither handles both lawmaking and impeachment. An administrative branch isn’t a formal separate branch in the U.S. system. So the branch described is the legislative branch.