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My fear is Eric Holder drops in tomorrow and announces he will press federal charges, violation of Trayvons civil rights.

My understanding is that he can't do that - Federal Civil Rights laws in a situation like this only apply to actions taken under color of authority. Which is how they went after the Rodney King cops.

Zimmerman is a civilian, so there's no Federal civil rights violation in play. They *could* try to claim color of authority given Zimmerman's participation in the Neighborhood Watch program ... but that's not only risky from a legal standpoint (given lack of precedent), but also from a political one: it puts a bulls-eye on ALL Neighborhood Watch organizations and participants. I'm not a member of one, but I have friends who are and when this subject came up they said that not only would they stop participating in their programs, they'd think that their programs would just up and disband. If only because the need for liability insurance would skyrocket.

Some might argue that the elimination of Neighborhood Watch organizations would play into the hands of the Liberals, and maybe it would in the long-term. Except you'd never get to that long term because in the short term a hell of a lot of suburbanites (read: Soccer Moms) would see their Watch organizations fall apart with people pointing the finger squarely at Obama/Holder/Democrats.