Power to veto bills resides with which branch?

• A. The Congress
• B. The Supreme Court
• C. The State legislatures
• D. The President

Answer: (D)

The ability to veto legislation is an executive check on the legislative branch. The President can reject a bill passed by Congress, preventing it from becoming law unless Congress overrides the veto with a two‑thirds vote in both houses. This creates a balance where the legislature can still enact laws, but the executive has a real power to pause or block them if they think the measure is not wise or on the right terms. The Supreme Court doesn’t have a veto over laws; it can strike them down as unconstitutional through judicial review, which is a different mechanism. At the federal level, this veto authority belongs to the President (the executive branch); at the state level, governors hold the analogous veto power.