Washington (CNN) A federal district judge grappled Thursday with the involvement of the judiciary in a dispute between the House of Representatives and the administration his border wall.

During the roughly three-hour hearing, Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, appeared skeptical about involving the judiciary in a conflict between the Democratic-led House and the administration regarding Trump's decision to transfer funds from appropriated accounts to construct his wall.

"The President in this instance is going to the very heart of our checks and balances," Douglas Letter, representing the House, argued before the judge in the District Court for the District of Columbia.

McFadden, however, cited the political tools at the disposal of the legislative branch.

"Has your client utilized all the tools at its disposal before rushing to court?" he asked. To which, Letter responded that the House did what it's supposed to do in appropriating funds.

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