alt Hacker News> It’s not obvious that the government should have to power to overwrite this
The government shouldn’t be able to set the terms of its contracts with private companies and walk away if those terms aren’t acceptable? That seems like a stretch.
The constitution is a wildly different premise from government contracting with private companies.
There was no contract, the government wanted to have a contract where they'd be able to use the tool to violate privacy rights of its citizens and issue kill orders without a human present and the company said no.
The government shouldn't be able to coerce a business to do whatever it wants.