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https://casetext.com/case/planned-parenthood-c-new-jersey-v-farmer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/02/15/cruz-calls-trumps-sister-a-radical-pro-abortion-extremist-judge/

https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/02/15/ted-cruz-calls-donald-trumps-sister-a-judge-an-extremist/

https://www.nytimes.com/live/supreme-court-justice-antonin-scalia-dies-at-79/trump-says-he-was-kidding-when-he-suggested-his-sister-for-the-court/

In a 2006 appeals court ruling, Barry was harshly critical of a ruling by Donald Ferlise, a U.S. Immigration Court judge. The case, called "Abou CHAM, Petitioner v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES, Respondent", involved a refugee from West Africa who feared persecution or death if returned to his home country of The Gambia. The man's uncle, former Gambian president Dawda Jawara, had been deposed in a coup in 1994, and the new regime had imprisoned or killed several of Cham's relatives, and outlawed their political party. Barry ruled in favor of Abou Cham's appeal, described Judge Ferlise's questioning as "bullying", concluding that Cham had been "ground to bits" emotionally. Barry went on to write, "It is crystal clear that Judge Ferlise presumed Cham's application to be without merit before even a shred of testimony had been presented, and treated Cham accordingly." Barry said that there was "not a modicum of courtesy, of respect or of any pretense of fairness" in Ferlise's treatment of Cham, and concluded that his ruling was a "severe wound" on the American justice system. Barry wrote "From the very beginning of the two-day hearing in this matter until the very end, Judge Ferlise continually abused an increasingly distraught petitioner, rendering him unable to coherently respond to Judge Ferlise's questions. This, of course, enabled Judge Ferlise to then conclude that Cham's testimony was 'totally incredible' because of inconsistencies and because his demeanor was that of 'an individual not telling the truth'." Barry concluded that the "belligerence" of the Ferlise's questioning  "demonstrated  the intensity with which Judge Ferlise sought, at all costs, to support his denial of relief to Cham." Ferlise was relieved of his duties shortly after Barry's decision.