On Tuesday, the attorney general urged the court to withdraw its orders, calling them "un-implementable" and contrary to the constitution.

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Direct-shipping advocates claim that runs contrary to the U.S. Constitution's ban on interference with interstate commerce.

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But the appeals court roundly rejected both notions as contrary to California's reporter's shield law and the state Constitution, effectively stating that it wasn't Apple's place to decide what constitutes "legitimate journalism, " and that Apple could have investigated the leak of trade secrets themselves without drawing the websites into the mix.

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