A Readers’ Guide to the Apple All Writs Act Cases
From the post:
The last few weeks and months have been awash in media coverage of two cases before magistrate judges involving the federal government seeking to use the All Writs Act to compel Apple’s cooperation with ongoing criminal investigations. The older case, in the Eastern District of New York, involves a drug case where the phone’s owner has pleaded guilty to the charges against him. The more recent case, in the Central District of California, involves an iPhone used by Syed Farook, one of the alleged San Bernardino shooters. While the two cases involve different different phone models, operating systems, alleged crimes, and legal postures, they touch on similar questions related to the scope of the All Writs Act.
In an attempt to create a one-stop shop for our coverage and the related documents and some useful sources, we’ve compiled this readers’ guide. We will update it as the cases progress to include the latest filings and posts, so check back for more as things unfold.
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Just Security has started a “one-stop shop” for its coverage and official documents in the Apple All Writs Act cases.
Considering how seldom news sources point to rulings, briefs, etc., this will get a lot of hits in the coming months.
It does not include coverage from other professional sources, such as LawFare – Hard National Security Choices. Two items by Robert Chesney from LawFare that you may find of interest:
A Primer on Apple’s Brief in the San Bernadino iPhone Fight
Apple v. FBI Primer #2: On Judge Orenstein’s Ruling in the Queens Meth Case
If anyone has collected the professional legal commentary sites posting on the Apple All Writs Act cases, I would appreciate a pointer.