Civics - Presidential Shark Tank

The links below are to individual sources that can be used for your project.

Politicized Hirings/Firings

• CNN: Trump Administration Fires Director of NSA

Rollback of Civil Rights & DEI Initiatives

• Education Week: Inside Trump's Full Force Approach to Ban Trans Athletes and DEI

Presidential "Emergency Powers"

• New York Times: Trump Far Outpaces Predecessors in Calling National Emergencies
• Washington Post: For Trump, Seizing Emergency Powers Has Become Central to Governing

Ignoring Oversight

• New York Times: Trump's Test of the Constitution

Presidential Transparency

• New York Times: The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It

Political Violence / Inflammatory Rhetoric

• LA Times: Antifa Declared Terrorist Group 

Presidential Immunity

• New York Times: Supreme Court Says Trump Has Some Immunity in Election Case

Presidential Pardons

• Washington Post: Biden Started the Day with Pardons, Trump Finished With Many More
• New York Times: To Win Pardons, Trump Allies Echo His Claims of Political Prosecutions

Presidential War Powers

• Wall Street Journal:  Trump Tells Generals the Military Will Be Used to Fight the 'Enemy Within'

Judicial Nominations

• New York Times: Senate Approves First Judge of Trump's Second Term

Executive Orders

• Washington Post: National Parks Remove Signs About, Climate, Slavery, and Japanese Internment 
• USA Today: Voter ID Push May Exceed Trump's Power 

Prosecuting Political Opponents

• CNN: Trump Says 'There Will be Others' Prosecuted After Comey
• New York Times: How Trump is Using the Justice Department to Target His Enemies