- Fair and Just Courts
- LGBTQ Equality
Paul Gordon is People For the American Way’s senior legislative counsel, where he focuses particularly on matters relating to the federal courts, including the Supreme Court. Gordon specializes in analysis of the real impacts of important court decisions, including cases on money in politics, voting rights, religious liberty, LGBTQ equality, and the growing power of corporate interests. He also regularly engages with government officials and national and state coalitions on judicial nominations to ensure that our courts have highly qualified, independent judges who take seriously our Constitution’s promises of equality, liberty, and justice. Gordon has been cited as an expert in both national and local media such as The Hill, McClatchy, the Latin Post, Al Jazeera America, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Metro Weekly.
Politically active in Maryland for many years, Gordon has worked with state and local officials for LGBTQ equality and community welfare concerns. Gordon was previously an attorney at the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, DC, working on national regulatory policies for television and radio. He is a graduate of Yale University and Georgetown University Law Center. What he has always been most proud of is the love of his late husband Rick.
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Blog Post | November 22, 2021
Courts Gone Wild
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Blog Post | October 21, 2021
Biden Exceeds Trump’s Year-End Record on Judges Before Halloween
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Blog Post | September 28, 2021
Biden and Senate Democrats Are Setting Records for Judicial Nominations
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Blog Post | September 17, 2021
Republicans’ Misleading Attacks On Sung and Robinson Ignore Their Actual Records
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Blog Post | September 11, 2021
The Work to Restore Our Federal Courts Continues in High Gear
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Blog Post | August 4, 2021
Myrna Pérez Will Protect Our Right to Vote, Exactly As Judges Are Supposed To
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Blog Post | July 30, 2021
Trump Judge Allows Continued Imprisonment For a Conviction Based on Improperly Admitted Hearsay Evidence: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | July 14, 2021
Republicans’ Bizarre Attacks on Circuit Nominee Myrna Pérez
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Blog Post | July 1, 2021
Trump Justices Strike Down Contribution Reporting Rules: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | June 25, 2021
Trump Justices Rule that Having Your Right to Fair Credit Reporting Violated Is Not Enough to Let You Recover in Court: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears