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Most Powerful Branch of the Federal Government
The three branches that constitute the federal government include the executive, legislature, and the judiciary. The president and over five million workers constitute the executive branch. The legislature is divided into two houses: the Senate and the House of Representatives. The members of the legislature are drawn from all the fifty states to make a total of 435 members. The legislature is charged with the duty of making laws. The judiciary, on the other hand, comprises the criminal and civil courts and it plays the role of interpreting laws. The three branches of government complement each other in their functions. However, the judicial branch plays the most crucial role in ensuring that every person operates within the confines of the constitution. While the legislature makes laws, the executive implements them (Burnham, 21). The judiciary, on the other hand, is charged with the interpretation of the laws. The judiciary can be considered as the most powerful branch because it ensures that the government is run as per the constitution.
The judiciary branch comprises the courts and the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court serves as the main body of the judicial branch. It is the most powerful and the ultimate court in the United States. No court in America can challenge its position. The court plays a crucial role in interpreting the constitution. When there is a conflict between two players, the Supreme Court will have a duty of deciding on the person that is right.

The court has a total of nine justices (Scalia, 42). A case within the Supreme Court is decided based on a majority rule hence the odd number of justices. It lessens the chances of having a tie when determining a case. A justice serves for life once they have been officially appointed. The judges, therefore, perform their jobs with a lot of freedom since they fear no consequences. The judicial branch also has lower courts that help the Supreme Court to serve and manage its workload (Scalia, 51). There are many cases that are presented in court, which makes it impossible for the Supreme Court to handle all of them. Therefore, the Supreme Court handles the most critical cases while the others are taken care of by the lower courts.
The United States Supreme Court is charged with the duty of interpreting the law at the federal level. The task vested into the judicial branch makes it the most powerful branch of the government because it has the powers to declare an action made by the legislature or executive as unconstitutional (Morone and Kersh, 51). The judicial branch was established to act as a check of the other branches of government. It acts as a check for the legislature by ensuring that the laws passed fall within the constitution. The creators of the constitution recognized the potential of power corrupting the mind of the executive; hence created a powerful judiciary that can regulate the actions of both the executive and the legislature. While considering the checks and balances of the government, all the three branches can be viewed as equal. However, the executive part of the government only checks over the judiciary via appointments. A president who makes a judiciary appointment dictates who sits on the SC for years to come and so potentially changes the make-up of the court, and judicial decisions years after he leaves office.
In case the executive branch feels unsure of law, they can go to the courts to seek a further interpretation. The court helps both the executive and the Congress to understand the laws of the United States. Finding interpretation allows the other branches to institute actions that are by the law (Remy et al., 34). Without seeking description for questionable actions or laws, the Congress or the executive can be sued for violation of the constitution of the land. The other parties are thus bound to act within the laws as provided by the constitution.
The judiciary has the most powers in all the branches of the government because it makes sure that the government is run as per the constitution. It is charged with the duty of interpreting the law. It can thus review the actions of both the executive and the congress and declare them unconstitutional in case they are not within the law. Both the Congress and the executive have to adhere to the constitution as interpreted by the judicial branch. However, the executive can also be considered to be the most powerful because it can check the judiciary by making appointments that favor it. The power of the executive would, however, be short-term since the administrative changes after every four years while the justices serve for life.

Works Cited
Burnham, William. Introduction to the Law and Legal System of the United States. West Academic Publishing, 2016.
Morone, James A., and Rogan Kersh. By the People: Debating American Government. Oxford University Press, 2016.
Remy, Richard C., et al. United States Government: Our Democracy. McGraw Hill Education, 2016.
Scalia, Antonin. A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law: Federal Courts and the Law. Princeton University Press, 2018.