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The legislative branch is the part of the United States government that creates laws. Whenever you read about congresspeople in the Senate or House debating a law, you're reading about the legislative branch: the branch of the government that writes, debates, and passes laws. Making laws can be called legislating.

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the state of being subject only to laws established for the good of the community, especially with regard to freedom of action and speech.

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a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.

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The branch of federal and state government that is broadly responsible for implementing, supporting, and enforcing the laws made by the legislative branch and interpreted by the judicial branch.

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the highest court in the country

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The judicial branch is the part of the U.S. government that interprets the law and administers justice. ... The judicial branch of the U.S. government makes decisions — interpretations — of laws.

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having two branches or chambers.

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the elected head of a republican state.

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a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch.