Last year South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster threatened craigslist with prosecution if they did not remove the adult services sections in South Carolina by May 15th. This was done in the wake of the murder of Julissa Brisman. I still think it’s political grandstanding but sometimes the ends justify the means.
Craigslist fired back with a lawsuit against Mr. McMaster saying that his threat of prosecution was a violation of free speech. A federal judge issued a restraining order against Mr. McMasters’s office on behalf of craigslist while the merits of craigslist’s lawsuit against McMaster were considered.
Guess what. They’ve been considered and the same judge who granted the restraining order has thrown out craigslist’s lawsuit saying…
…no one at Craigslist has been charged with a crime and that it was premature to decide whether its activities were exempt from prosecution.
Personally, I think McMaster is another clueless politician but if he can make charges stick against craigslist I will tout him as the greatest AG in the country.
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