The Trump administration Friday demanded a federal judge step aside from overseeing Perkins Coie’s challenge to President Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm. The new filing

Attorneys with the Justice Department have twice this week asked for judges who ruled against them to be removed from cases, echoing a legal tactic used by Donald Trump.

The judge overseeing Perkins Coie’s lawsuit responding to President Donald Trump’s executive order should be disqualified from the case, lawyers for the administration said.

This court has not kept its disdain for President Trump secret,” the Justice Department said in a motion in a case filed by a law firm suing the administration.

Judge Beryl Howell is now presiding over an emergency lawsuit surrounding President Donald Trump's order to review any current contracts that law group Perkins Coie has with federal agencies and consider terminating them.

It would be extremely rare for a judge to remove themselves from a case for the reasons the Justice Department cited — including how the judge ruled before.