- 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 | February 28, 2019
Trump’s Justices Will Make the Difference in Cross Memorial Case
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Blog Post | February 21, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Judge Erodes the “Reasonable Doubt” Requirement for a Guilty Verdict
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Blog Post | February 19, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump Judge Would Close the Courthouse Door to a Prisoner Repeatedly Put in Solitary Confinement
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Blog Post | February 15, 2019
SCOTUS Will Decide if GOP Can Sabotage the 2020 Census and Our Democracy
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Blog Post | February 8, 2019
Kavanaugh Shows Contempt For the Rule of Law in Louisiana Abortion Case
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Blog Post | February 7, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump judges reverse panel where Barrett had dissented and uphold deprivation of right to counsel
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Blog Post | February 6, 2019
Judiciary Committee Set to Vote on Enormous Number of Unqualified Nominees
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Blog Post | February 5, 2019
Rao Would Impose Her Lifetime Ideology from the Bench
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Blog Post | February 4, 2019
Barr’s Questionnaire Responses Signal Red Flag for the Mueller Investigation
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Blog Post | January 28, 2019
Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears: Trump’s 4th Circuit Judges Would Broaden Coverage of an Unconstitutional Criminal Law