It consists of five Article III judges, selected by the Chief Justice of the United States.
[1] Its job is to determine whether aliens (non-citizens) should be deported from the United States on the grounds that they are terrorists.
L. 104–132 (text) (PDF), the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, codified at 8 U.S.C. §§ 1531–1537.
The court has never received an application from the Attorney General for the removal of an alien terrorist, and has therefore conducted no proceedings.
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