A federal judge was skeptical at a hearing Wednesday of the Justice Department’s effort to sue all of Maryland’s federal court judges in a case testing the Trump administration’s effort to limit the power of the judiciary.

The Trump administration on Friday said it was working to identify laws in U.S. states that "significantly and adversely affect the national economy or interstate economic activity," according to a statement from the U.

A judge has voiced his skepticism about the Trump administration’s attempt to sue all 15 of Maryland’s federal judges over a standing order in a blow to the president’s ongoing war against the judiciary.