Which level of government has the power to make laws?

Answer 1

Any branch can "make laws" but it has to be passed by the other branches. The way the judicial branch "makes" laws is by making a decision on a court case and this decision becomes precedent for other judges to base their decisions off the precedent made by that decision. For instance, not too long ago a girl sued her school system because someone told the school's resource officer that she had drugs. So, with that as the only evidence, all her belongings were searched and she was stripped searched. The court case made it all the way to the supreme court, where it was decided unlawful for there to be search like that with such little evidence. Because of this decision, it is now illegal for a school to do that.