In the motion filed on Friday, the government dismissed Apple's objection by saying that it "appears to be based on its concern for its business model and public brand marketing strategy," and that writing new code shouldn't be an "undue burden" — one of the standards for applying the All Writs Act — since Apple writes a lot of code.
Apple also pushed back on accusations from federal prosecutors that its refusal was "based on its concern for its business model and public brand marketing strategy". "Absolutely not," the company said.
Apple's refusal "appears to be based on its concern for its business model and public brand marketing strategy" rather than a legal rationale, prosecutors said in a court filing that further escalated the confrontation between the Obama administration and Apple.
Following Apple's denial of an F.B.I request that the tech-giant create a new version of its operating system to help break into the phones of the San Bernardino killers, the DoJ decided not to contribute to a robust debate over privacy, but to claim that Apple's refusal "appears to be based on its concern for its business model and public brand marketing strategy".
When Louisiana enacted its law in 1995, a few legislators argued against it based on concerns about its constitutionality.
"They're basing their concerns on early drafts, sometimes drafts as many as two to three years old.
The State Department appeared poised to approve the pipeline in 2011, but Mr. Obama delayed a decision based on concerns about its route through vulnerable grasslands in Nebraska.
While opposition to the plant is heavily based on concerns about its harm to marine life and how much energy it would use, those issues mask a more fundamental question.
Until recently HFOV has been used as only a 'rescue' technique, based largely on concerns about its possible contribution to intraventricular hemorrhage and/or periventricular leucomalacia [ 9].
Lacking assets to seize or sue, it falls through the jurisdictional cracks and legal attempts to curb its site, based on privacy concerns, have gone nowhere in the US and other democracies.
"I base that concern on things he has said in the past".
