A Toothless Anaconda: Innovation, Impotence and Overenforcement at the Federal Election Commission

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Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and PolicyVol. 1, No. 2 Original PapersA Toothless Anaconda: Innovation, Impotence and Overenforcement at the Federal Election CommissionBradley A. Smith and Stephen M. HoerstingBradley A. SmithSearch for more papers by this author and Stephen M. HoerstingSearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:6 Jul 2004https://doi.org/10.1089/153312902753610002AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited ByFederal Election Commission Divided: Measuring Conflict in Commission Votes Since 1990 Michael M. Franz10 June 2021 | Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy, Vol. 20, No. 2Disclaiming responsibility: How platforms deadlocked the Federal Election Commission's efforts to regulate digital political advertisingTelecommunications Policy, Vol. 43, No. 8Campaign Finance Regulation in North America: An Institutional Perspective Daniel P. Tokaji18 September 2018 | Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy, Vol. 17, No. 3I Know What You Did Last Cycle: Improving the Detection of State Campaign Finance Violations Ellen C. Seljan, Todd Lochner, Maya Gold, and Walker Davis1 September 2016 | Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy, Vol. 15, No. 3Public Agency External Analysis Using a Modified “Five Forces” FrameworkInternational Public Management Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1The price of transparency: do campaign finance disclosure laws discourage political participation by citizens’ groups?4 February 2010 | Public Choice, Vol. 146, No. 3-4The Devil We Know? Evaluating the Federal Election Commission as Enforcer Michael M. Franz3 August 2009 | Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy, Vol. 8, No. 3Wheat from chaff: Third-party monitoring and FEC enforcement actionsRegulation & Governance, Vol. 2, No. 2Surveying the Landscape of State Campaign Finance Enforcement: A Preliminary Analysis Todd Lochner17 November 2005 | Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy, Vol. 4, No. 4Overdeterrence, Underdeterrence, and a (Half-Hearted) Call for a Scarlet Letter Approach to Deterring Campaign Finance Violations Todd Lochner6 July 2004 | Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy, Vol. 2, No. 1Beyond Repair: FEC Reform and Deadlock Deference Volume 1Issue 2Jun 2002 To cite this article:Bradley A. Smith and Stephen M. Hoersting.A Toothless Anaconda: Innovation, Impotence and Overenforcement at the Federal Election Commission.Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy.Jun 2002.145-171.http://doi.org/10.1089/153312902753610002Published in Volume: 1 Issue 2: July 6, 2004PDF download