Opinion ID: 324434
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Heading: the constitutionality of 18 u.s.c. 1952.

Text: 3 Appellants assert, without supporting argument, that 18 U.S.C. 1952 is violative of the First, Fifth, Sixth and Tenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. This naked assertion of unconstitutionality is insufficient to warrant judicial review. United States v. Phillips, 433 F.2d 1364, 1366 (8th Cir. 1970), cert. denied, 401 U.S. 917, 91 S.Ct. 900, 27 L.Ed.2d 819 (1971). Moreover, we have upheld the constitutionality of the section in prior cases. See, e.g., United States v. Nichols, 421 F.2d 570 (8th Cir. 1970); Spinelli v. United States, 382 F.2d 871 (8th Cir. 1967), rev'd on other grounds, 393 U.S. 410, 89 S.Ct. 584, 21 L.Ed.2d 637 (1969); Bass v. United States, 324 F.2d 168 (8th Cir. 1963). 4