Democratic Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a preemptive lawsuit Tuesday against Republican President Donald Trump seeking to block his administration from acting against Minnesota in the way it’s taking on Maine under a federal push to ban transgender athletes from girls and women’s sports.

Minnesota is warring with the Trump administration over the government’s threat to pull federal funding if the state doesn’t listen to its guidelines on transgender athletes. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison sued President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday over the funding threat and the administration’s executive orders on transgender people.

The administration has said it would cut federal funds to states that allow trans girls and women to play on girls’ sports teams.