Article III and the Sixth Amendment require criminal trials to occur in the state and district where the crime was committed, preventing the government from forum-shopping for friendly juries far from defendants'' homes. The Constitution also mandates venue in the state where crimes occurred to protect colonists'' memory of being hauled to England for trial. When crimes occur in multiple places, prosecutors choose venue strategically. The January 6 cases were tried in Washington D.C. federal court because the crimes happened at the Capitol, giving defendants juries from a district that voted 92 percent for Biden. Defense lawyers argued this denied fair trials, but judges ruled the Constitution requires D.C. venue for crimes committed there. In civil cases, plaintiffs choose among jurisdictions with connections to the dispute: where the defendant lives, where the contract was signed, or where the injury occurred. Conservative judges criticized forum shopping when progressive groups filed nationwide injunctions against Trump policies in friendly district courts in Hawaii or San Francisco. The Supreme Court limited this in Biden v. Texas (2023), requiring plaintiffs to show harm beyond the original venue. Venue determines which judges hear cases and which jury pools decide them, giving it enormous strategic importance.