- 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
All Posts
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Blog Post | June 17, 2021
Supreme Court’s Narrow Ruling in Fulton Leaves LGBTQ+ Anti-Discrimination Laws Intact
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Blog Post | June 14, 2021
Celebrating the Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson
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Blog Post | June 9, 2021
With a Democratic President, Sen. Kennedy Changes His Standards for Circuit Nominees
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Blog Post | May 17, 2021
The Supreme Court’s Ominous Decision to Consider Mississippi’s Pre-Viability Abortion Ban
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Blog Post | April 9, 2021
Trump Judges Rule That Public University Professors Have a Constitutional Right to Publicly Demean Transgender Students in Class: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | March 30, 2021
Gorsuch Tried to Make Unjustified Police Shootings Constitutional If the Victim Gets Away: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | February 2, 2021
Trump Campaign Autopsy of Battleground States Finds that SCOTUS Mattered More to Biden Voters than to Trump Voters
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Blog Post | January 8, 2021
Trump Judge Upholds Trump Immigration Restriction That Violates the Affordable Care Act: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | December 21, 2020
Trump Judges Distort Precedent to Rule Against Transgender Inmate in Florida: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | November 16, 2020
Trump Judge Protects a State Employee From Being Sued Although His Actions May Have Led to a Woman’s Death: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears