The Charter of the California Stem Cell Agency and the U.S. Constitution: A Brief Comparison

Proposition 14, which tells the California stem cell agency what it can and cannot do, is more than twice as long as the Constitution of the United States of America.

The proposition, which incorporates the agency’s founding document of 2004, totals about 17,000 words. The U.S. Constitution hits a word count of 4,543. Add in the 27 amendments, and it to…