- 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 | July 26, 2020
Trump Judge Rules Against Asylum Seeker Who Didn’t Have an Attorney to Explain What Was Required of Her: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | July 26, 2020
Trump Judges Give Immunity to Officials Who Disclosed Confidential Information About Sexual Abuse: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | July 17, 2020
Trump Judge Barrett Would Have Upheld Trump’s Punitive Anti-Immigrant “Public Charge” Rule: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | June 29, 2020
Trump Justices Would Uphold Abortion Restrictions and Invite Challenges to Key Abortion Precedent: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | June 26, 2020
Trump Judge Branch Would Prevent Black Immigrant From Presenting Evidence of Innocence at Trial: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | June 25, 2020
Trump Judge Would Have Reversed NLRB Recognition of Union Election: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | June 24, 2020
Trump Judge Rao Tells Lower Court to Obey Trump and Dismiss Charges Against Flynn: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | June 18, 2020
Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Would Have Upheld Trump’s Elimination of DACA: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | May 27, 2020
Trump Judge Upholds Police Search as Consensual Despite Language Translation Error: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears
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Blog Post | May 27, 2020
Trump Judge Rules For School Principal Who Threatened Undocumented Parent: Confirmed Judges, Confirmed Fears