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No. The power of impeachment belongs solely to the House of Representatives, part of the Legislative Branch.

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What branch has the power to impeach government officials accused of serious crimes?

Judicial branch


How does legislation branch check judicial branch?

Congress may impeach an official from the judicial branch, or the executive branch, for abusing their power. However, the judicial branch holds the trial.


To accuse an official of the executive or judicial branch of misuse of power is called?

To impeach them.


The legislative branch can check the judicial branch by its power to?

The legislative Branch can check the Judicial branch in that Congress can approve the Judicial appointments, they can also impeach judges and remove them from office.


What are powers denied to the judicial branch?

Congress (judicial AND legislative branches) are denied the power to impeach, that is the right of the Supreme Court


What branch can impeach members of the executive or judicial branch?

The legislative


Which branch has the power to impeach the president override a veto and controls the spending of money?

legislative check on judicial


Congessional body that can impeach the president?

judicial branch


What two branches are checked by the legislative branch?

The legislative branch checks the executive branch by overseeing the implementation of laws and approving presidential appointments. It also checks the judicial branch by confirming judicial appointments and having the power to impeach federal judges.


Can the judicial branch impeach judges and change number of Supreme Court justices?

No. These are functions of the Legislative Branch.


What branch has the power to declare an executive act unconstitutional?

The Judicial Branch had this power. The process in which this branch declare laws constitutional or unconstitutional is called the Judicial Review


Who check the executive branch?

Both the Judicial and Legislative branch can check the Executive branch. The Judicial branch has the power of judicial review and can declare any act of the Executive branch to be unconstitutional and therefore void. The Legislative branch has a number of checks on the Exectuive branch. The President, the head of the Executive Branch, can appoint federal judges but the Senate must approve.