Whether taking judicial notice to conclusively determine that a location is within the 'special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States' violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendments' right to a trial by jury?

Certain federal criminal offenses under Title 18 of the United States Code, including under § 1(b) (murder), § 1113 (attempted murder or manslaughter), § 2261(a)(1) (domestic violence), and § 2262(a)(1) (violation of a protection order), require that the government prove—as a necessary element of the offense—that the alleged crime was committed within “the special maritime and territorial ju risdiction of the United States,” which, as here, is frequently a fact-intensive evidentiary issue. The question presented, on which the courts of appeals are divided, is: Whether taking judicial notice to conclusively determine that a location is within the “special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States” violates the Fifth and Sixth Amendmen ts’ right to a trial by jury? (ii)