Kaley Chiles in her office in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Emil Bove III, a top Justice Department official, at his confirmation hearing on Wednesday for an appeals court judgeship.

The U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md. The lawsuit filed by the Trump administration against the district’s chief judge and 14 other federal judges who serve on the bench in Maryland makes clear how strained the relationship between the executive and judicial branches has become.