- 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 | October 25, 2019
Trump Judge Rao Would Have Ruled That Guantánamo “Detainees” Have No Due Process Rights: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | October 16, 2019
Trump Judge Newsom Upholds Warrantless Search Premised on Agents’ Lies: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | September 27, 2019
Trump Judge Grasz Would Have Let Theater Significantly Limit Availability of Captions for Deaf People: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | September 23, 2019
Trump Seventh Circuit Judge Scudder Would Deny Hearing to Challenge Defective Search Warrant: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | September 20, 2019
Trump Judge Scudder Casts Deciding Vote Against Transgender Woman Denied Transition-Related Surgery: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | September 18, 2019
Trump Judges Larsen and Readler Ignore Evidence and Protect Officer from Homeowner’s Lawsuit for an Unconstitutional Break-In: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | September 17, 2019
Trump Judges Vent Anger at the Existence of Federal Agencies in 6th Circuit Tax Case: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | August 15, 2019
Trump Judge Grasz Lets Court Imprison Man For Longer Than Congress Authorized: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | August 12, 2019
Amy Coney Barrett Dismisses Woman’s Malpractice Suit Because She Did Not Ask the Right Way: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | August 7, 2019
Ninth Circuit Trump Judge Ryan Nelson Would Have Denied Rwandan’s Request for Asylum: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears