For Taft, his strongly held belief in the wisdom of the Constitution was more important than his political ambitions. The reaction to this speech is believed to have led to his unsuccessful presidential bid in 1948. He was condemned in the press, by his constituents and by his fellow senators. Unfortunately for him, in 1946 he strongly opposed the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials believing that the defendants in those trials were being tried under ex post facto laws, which are expressly forbidden in the U.S. Republican” for helping to rebuild his party after the Great Depression and the Democratic dominance of the New Deal years.

Taft, an Ohio Senator who became known as “Mr. The most recent senator featured in JFK’s book was Robert A. A storm of protest ensued and Adams resigned from his seat in 1808. The first of those was John Quincey Adams, a senator from Massachusetts, who switched parties in the early 1800s after supporting efforts in Congress to enact an embargo against Great Britain to shut off international trade to retaliate against British aggression towards American merchant ships, which would have had a disastrous effect upon the economy of his home state. All of these senators, who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right, were roundly criticized and suffered losses in popularity because of the stands they took. Senators and described their acts of bravery and integrity. In his book, Kennedy included biographies of eight U.S. This award is given to “individuals who, by acting in accord with their conscience, risked their careers or lives by pursuing a larger vision of the national, state or local interest in opposition to popular opinion or pressure from constituents or other local interests.” Kennedy originally described in his 1956 book, Profiles in Courage, which won the Pulitzer Prize. This award is given to recognize displays of courage similar to those John F. Liz Cheney was recently nominated for the Profiles in Courage Award.

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