A federal judge appeared skeptical of the Justice Department’s arguments defending President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting new agency regulations during a hearing Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss said the order, which requires federal agencies to eliminate at least two regulations for each new one issued, essentially creates a “shadow process” for the regulatory scheme by putting extra requirements on rulemaking agencies. Still, Moss did not indicate whether he thought the process violated the law.

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