The Civil Division of the Justice Department 1. represents the U. S. government when it is the plaintiff enforcing federal criminal laws. 2. deals with litigation in which the United States is the defendant being sued for injury and damages allegedly inflicted by a government official or agency. 3. regulates licensing and addresses complaints about incivility and obscenity in broadcast media. 4/ litigates violations of the Fourteenth Amendment’s “equal protection clause” and the 1964 Civil Rights Act.