There’s answers already on another post if you look it up
the speaker of the house does not have to be an elected member of the house of reresentitives and because the speaker is next to become president it has more power than the president of the senate
The Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause was enacted to ensure that all people have the same right within the law regardless of where they came from or the color of their skin.
This later on lead to the principle, that Even Government officials will have to be subjected to law just as ordinary citizen do. Which lead to the creation of check and balance system
hope this helps
