Prosecutors detailed some of the government's case in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, the first such proceeding since Congress created the Alien Terrorist Removal Court in 1996. The Alien Terrorist Removal Court allows the government to use a lower standard of proof to remove someone from American soil than in a criminal proceeding, which requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt. Judge Ericksen, who normally serves as a judge in the Minnesota district court, said the infrastructure for the new court is still coming into focus. "The court's committed to exactness, carefulness, circumspection and fealty to the Constitution and the rule of law," Judge Ericksen said. "The Department's application in this court makes clear that terrorists have no place in the United States of America."