In the wake of the war, the Congress submitted, and the States ratified, the Thirteenth. On July 9, 1868, Louisiana and South Carolina voted to ratify the amendment, after they had rejected it a year earlier.The Due Process Clause provides that no states shall deprive any "person" of "life, liberty or property" without due process of law. Add to Favorites: Create a new folder and put document in it. Part II dives into the legislative histories of the 1866 Civil Rights Act and the Fourteenth Amendment. 32 In the 1980s, Congress began discussing prison reform, and treatment was also an issue being discussed in the 1960s. The third clause of the 14th Amendment provides Congress with the power to exclude representatives who "shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion. In the case of Plessy v. 14, 15, 16, 17, 303. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.