The excerpt above is part of the 14th amendment. This amendment was passed in 1868 and was supposed to help protect newly freed slaves. The goal in passing this was to ensure that African-Americans had the same legal rights as white citizens.
This due process clause has been used in several important Supreme Court cases to protect American citizens.
I feel as if it was a necessary in the building blocks in american history. Without the constitutional convection who knows how we would be governed.
House of representatives and senate because they are the legislature and the legislature make the laws