the nature of the penalty is such, I take it, that is so disproportionate, as it were, to the crime, that perhaps many violations do, in fact, not get referred, and therefore the violations, perhaps, are encouraged to continue.
Norton argues that the Hatch Act's penalty discourages reporting violations.
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