[amreact]

The first paragraph is correct because I clearly meant it in figurative language, not literal language. Regardless, my point is this: the US government does not obey the US constitution.

The last paragraph is correct in context. Specifically, with regards to encryption, states are allowed to do whatever they want because the Constitution doesn't mention encryption and because of the 10th amendment, which states:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

The last paragraph is also correct because the ex post facto law clause of the Constitution only applies to Congress, not the states [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_One_of_the_United_Stat...