The excerpt is from the English Bill of Rights. It was passed in 1689. Together with Magna Carta, the Act of Settlement, and the Acts of Parliament, it has become one of the most important and former documents of English constitutional law. The English Bill of Rights is an act passed by the Parliament of England. It addresses the separation of powers, the powers of the king and queen, the democratic election, and the freedom of speech. It contributed to the establishment of parliamentary independence, which gives the legislative body of Parliament absolute supremacy over all other government institutions.