The author worked in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice. He's not optimistic about the effectiveness of the Civil Rights Division under the incoming administration.
http://prospect.org/article/civil-rights-d%c3%a9j%c3%a0-vu-only-worse
From the site:
All told, we can expect a Trump Civil Rights Division to reverse a vast swath of the gains, both in management and in substance, that the division made under Obama. Can anyone take up the slack? Committed activists and lawyers outside the government will fight the good fight and win some battles, but the sad fact is that the Civil Rights Division is indispensable to effective civil-rights enforcement. Over decades, the Supreme Court has chipped away at the tools for private plaintiffs to sue to enforce the civil-rights laws. State attorneys general have some authority, but they lack the resources of the federal government, and most lack the will. The election of President Trump will massively set back civil-rights enforcement for years to come.
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