By some estimates, William Howard Taft weighed nearly 350 pounds at 5 foot, 11 inches. At the Sixth Circuit courthouse in Cincinatti, Taft's chair is on display. Is has the diameter of a barrel. In 1909, Taft was riding a horse at the Grand Canyon. The poor horse "appeared to be unequal to the President's bulk" and gave way. (It seems the horse broke an ankle or leg.) Chief Justice William Howard Taft also wrote the most robust conception of presidential power in Myers v. United States.
This history brings me to the oral argument in Trump v. United States. There were extended discussions of what process is due when the President seeks to fire an FTC Governor "for cause."
Paul Clement, who represented Cook, used a very memorable phrase to describe the process afforded by President William Howard Taft:
