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The question is, is this act (the whole text follows):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Writs_Act

"(a) The Supreme Court and all courts established by Act of Congress may issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.

(b) An alternative writ or rule nisi may be issued by a justice or judge of a court which has jurisdiction."

a reasonable legal ground in this case to demand from a company to develop anything, in this case a special version of the operating system? Does this act mean "we can order anything to anybody"? Especially when there is "the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1992."

If anything goes, as "All Writs" is tried to be used by the FBI now, we don't need any other laws. "All Writs" rules.



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