In Brooklyn US Magistrate Judge James Orenstein was asked to issue an AWA to force Apple to break an iPhone password. He writes:

"It is thus clear that the government is relying on the AWA as a source of authority that is legislative in every meaningful way: something that can be cited as a basis for getting the relief it seeks in case after case without any need for adjudication of the particular circumstances of an individual case."[1][2]

Hopefully the Californian courts will agree.

[1] http://uk.businessinsider.com/brooklyn-judge-shreds-all-writ...

[2] https://www.eff.org/files/2016/02/29/applebrooklyn-2.29.16or...