The cast of Americans includes two prominent conservative figures — former federal judge Michael McConnell and John Samples, vice president of the libertarian Cato Institute. Alongside them are two other lawyers steeped in debates around online speech, Columbia Law professor Jamal Greene and University of Oklahoma law professor Evelyn Aswad. Greene has been critical of Trump as a person and politician, calling him "a serial liar, a sexual predator ... a white nationalist, a plutocrat and a professional con artist" and tweeting about his “unfitness” for office. But he’s struck a more cautious tone in discussing how the board should approach a case about the former president’s right to free expression, telling NPR that the board needs to “have all the facts” and strike “a proper deliberative posture” before making a call on Trump’s suspension. McConnell and Samples may be the closest thing to ideological allies Trump has on the oversight board, but they have in the past warned against mapping how board members may rule on cases of free speech based on their political backgrounds. “One's views on politics are not the same as one's views on the scope and limits on freedom of expression,” McConnell said at an event last May. “A commitment to civil liberties can transcend one's politics.”