http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20190912-232652-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/acquiescing-in-refoulement/ Acquiescing in Refoulement Hathaway, James C. eng 2019-09-12 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 asylum Non Refoulement US Supreme Court Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The judgment of the US Supreme Court issued on Wednesday (Attorney General v. East Bay Sanctuary Covenant) purports to be simply procedural: It overturns a lower court injunction that prevented President Trump’s unilateral “safe third country” rule from coming into force before its legality is tested on the merits. But in truth, the Supreme Court knowingly acquiesced in the refoulement of refugees arriving at the US southern border.