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The major influences in the political socialization process are the family, peer groups, social and political groups, and educational institutions. The most important of these early in life are, obviously, the family and educational institutions. A child primarily learns about political behavior from his or her parents. School further influences the child through lessons in the history of the community and society. The attitudes of teachers can have an important impact upon developing political beliefs, although they often will not counteract the attitudes of a child's parents (Roberts 165).

As an individual matures, peer group influences become more important. A young person will often reject the attitudes of his or her parents in favor of peer group attitudes. Other social group attitudes also become more important as the individual moves away from his or her family and into the world at large. Eventually, most individuals

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ate all welfare programs as not part of the federal mandate for governing. These programs properly belong within the state sphere, since under the Constitution the states have the traditional police powers. The problem with this suggestion is that not all of the states have equal financial status. Some states would be able to afford providing more welfare benefits than others. Some might not even be able to provide the minimum amount necessary for personal survival. Question 6 The Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) followed a line of reasoning which began with a 1965 ruling in which the Court found a right to privacy in the Constitution. In that decision, Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), a majority of the Court went along with the opinion by Justice Douglas, who said that a right to privacy could be found in the "penumbra" of a combination of several articulated rights. Thus, the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, together with the Third, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments emanate a penumbra which protects privacy interests. The majority of the Court extended this protection of privacy to abortion in Roe v. Wade. The Roe decision does not stand for th
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