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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Obeying the court order would both significantly harm Apple's reputation, and would likely send it's stock south (it actually went up today after news came out of this). His duty is to his shareholders, and he did exactly what any CEO should do in that situation. Nevermind that if he complies to US lawmakers, every single country on earth will demand the same. No one actually trusts the Government with this tool to not totally abuse it right? That fact he got to tell the US government and FBI to #### themselves is just one of life's little bonuses.
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It doesn't matter. You can't disobey a court order because you disagree with it, regardless of whether you think you have really, super awesome good reasons for disagreeing with it.
Your only recourse is to appeal and convince a superior court that your super awesome good reasons should win the day and the order should be quashed. And even then, you have to follow the order in the meantime unless you get a stay. This is non-negotiable. The alternative is, quite literally, criminal, and should result in an arrest and being thrown in jail.
There is simply no good excuse for not following a court order. There is rule of law for a reason.