READ ME FILE
The lecture topics, lectures, and reading are organized by the lecture date, e.g.,
“Oct11L” is a Lecture outline for that day, and the Reading associated with it is indicated
by “Oct11Ra,” “Oct11Rb,” “Oct11Rc,” “Oct11Rd,” “Oct11Re, and “Oct17Rf” for the
October 11, 2016, class. The pound sign (#) before the reading title indicates that the
reading is required. The lack of a # designation before a reading title means that it is
NOT REQUIRED, e.g., “Oct13Rx Charles W. Johnson, Parliamentarian, Unites States
House of Representatives, How Our Laws Are Made.” The Xa, Xb, Xc, Xd, and Xe
designations are for transcripts of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution of the
United States with its Amendments, Louisiana Voter Registration Card (used to
maintain defacto racial segregation), Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012,
Section 7, Elections, which is a compilation of tables (Table 397 to Table 427; pp. 244-
264) with political information published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census, and the
National Exit Polls done in conjunction with the 2008 and 2012 Presidential Elections
and the 2010 and 2014 midterm election. The Statistical Abstract, while published
every year, began to be compiled by a non-government organization in 2013.