If you look at past cases where the All Writs Act has been invoked, the Courts have rejected this type of government conscription. Effectively, the government

If you look at past cases where the All Writs Act has been invoked, the Courts have rejected this type of government conscription. Effectively, the government is forcing Apple to take receipt of a device that it does not own or posses, then perform potentially destructive services on a device, and then perform services that could potentially require Apple to testify at a trial under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. I really think that Apple's in the clear here, and the AUSA's in the case are pulling all the stops to get Apple ordered to break the encryption.