- 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.
Paul Gordon's Areas of Expertise
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Blog Post | April 12, 2019
DOJ is Supposed to Oppose Racial Discrimination, but Trump’s DOJ Nominee is Mum on Brown v. Board of Education
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Blog Post | April 5, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump judge John Bush authors opinion upholding harmful “informed consent” abortion law
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Blog Post | April 1, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Judges “Drop an Anvil” on the Scale of Justice to Harm Workers’ Discrimination Claims
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Blog Post | April 1, 2019
Mitch McConnell’s Dangerous Power Grab
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Blog Post | March 27, 2019
Trump and Barr Ask Court to Kill the Entire Affordable Care Act
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Blog Post | March 22, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Judge Grasz Sets Up a Catch-22 for a Party without a Lawyer
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Blog Post | March 19, 2019
Holding Senators Accountable for Voting to Confirm Bad Judicial Nominees
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Blog Post | March 18, 2019
Lindsey Graham’s Convenient Alternate History on Judicial Nominations
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Blog Post | February 28, 2019
House Hearing on the Trump’s Fake National Emergency
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Blog Post | February 28, 2019
Trump’s Justices Will Make the Difference in Cross Memorial Case