LANSING, MI -- Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette told FOX News on Monday that a federal court intervening in Michigan's recount amounted to a "takeover."

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein requested the recount, and requested action from the United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan. The court held a rare weekend hearing and ruled just after Midnight on Sunday that Michigan's recount proceed. It began in two counties at noon on Monday.

But Schuette is arguing that Michigan courts should handle the matter.

"Michigan law needs to govern, not some federal takeover," Schuette said on FOX News just after 4:30 p.m. on Monday.

Schuette has filed a lawsuit in the Michigan Court of Appeals seeking to stop the recount. It argues that Stein is not an "aggrieved party" able to ask for a recount. President-elect Donald Trump, who won Michigan's election by more than 10,00 votes, also filed a lawsuit in the same venue.

A hearing on both cases before Court of Appeals case is set for Tuesday at 4 p.m.

Schuette hit on the cost angle on national television, saying that the "reckless and irresponsible" recount could cost $4-6 million, and Stein's campaign would pay for less than $1 million of that.

The Michigan Republican Party is also arguing that state-level courts, and not federal ones, should decide on Michigan's recount. The party is appealing the midnight ruling ordering a recount to commence, and plans to argue that state courts should handle the issue.

"This is a Michigan issue, and should be handled by the Michigan court system," Michigan Republican Party Chairman Ronna Romney McDaniel said in a statement. "Michigan courts should decide Michigan election law."