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authority type: constitution
jurisdiction: federal_nationwide
publication status: official_constitution_text
precedential status: binding_constitutional_text
subsequent history: Official Constitution Annotated text read 2026-10-30 from a page saved by the owner.
negative treatment status: Not applicable to constitutional text.
material limitations: Constitutional text only; the Constitution Annotated commentary on the page is not cited for any proposition.

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Trial venue clause

Trials of all crimes, except impeachment, are by jury and held in the State where the crime was committed; crimes committed outside any State are tried where Congress by law directs.

Constitutional text only; the Constitution Annotated commentary on the page is not cited for any proposition.