The word &quot;federal&quot; is doing a lot of work in your argument. Would people opposed to a federal court ordering Apple to unlock an iPhone be okay with a state court doing it? I&#x27;m going to guess &quot;no.&quot; Remember: the Bill of Rights didn&#x27;t originally limit the states <i>at all</i>. That&#x27;s a 20th-century invention. And unlike the federal government, the state governments were always understood to be ones with general--rather than enumerated--powers.<p>As to your final point: while education or healthcare may arguably be outside the scope of the federal government&#x27;s jurisdiction, national security and suppression of internal rebellion was one of the motivations for creating a strong federal government. Surveillance may be unconstitutional for other reasons, but it&#x27;s definitely not outside the federal government&#x27;s enumerated powers.