---
title: "Constitutional Charging and Venue Text"
citation: "U.S. Const. amend. V; art. III, § 2, cl. 3; amend. VI"
authority_id: "AUTH-CONST-CHARGING-VENUE"
authority_type: "constitution"
jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide"
precedential_status: "binding_constitutional_text"
official_url: "https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-5/"
url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-CONST-CHARGING-VENUE/"
legal_review: "2026-08-25"
links_checked: "2026-10-15"
links_available: 1
links_checked_count: 1
license: "CC BY 4.0"
---

# Constitutional Charging and Venue Text

## Propositions supported

The Fifth Amendment supplies the federal grand-jury charging clause and its military exception. Article III and the Sixth Amendment supply the state-of-offense venue and district-vicinage text for federal criminal trials.

## Material limitations

Application requires Supreme Court precedent, the charged offense's conduct elements, statutes enacted by Congress, the selected district, and the procedural record.

## Official sources

- <https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-5/>
- <https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artIII-S2-C3-1/ALDE_00013570/>
- <https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-6/>


## Used in

- [Federal Charging and Commencement](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/10-investigation-and-charging/federal-charging-and-commencement.md)