Totalitarian regimes share all of the following characteristics EXCEPT a(n)

Which of the following is the biggest component of discretionary spending in the United States?

  a. Medicare   b. welfare payments  c. the military budget  d. foreign aid   

Which of the following is NOT a function of the United States Solicitor General?s office?

A) decide whether or not to appeal cases the government has lost in the lower courts B) review and modify the briefs presented in government appeals C) require the Supreme Court to review a government case on appeal D) represent the government before the Supreme Court E) none of the above