Justice Department to Fund Lawsuits?

From the American Thinker:
The Obama justice department is apparently planning to change the way civil rights suits are dealt with.
I the past, defendants losing or settling their cases would turn over money to be distributed to any "victims" as they are found and the remainder would returned to the plaintiff.
Now the excess would be turned over to a "qualified organization" to be used as they see fit.
If their is not enough money left, the plaintiff may be forced to provide more.

It isn't a stretch to imagine that groups like ACORN would get the money and that they would in turn use it to initiate even more lawsuits in a never ending cycle of what amounts to government sponsored theft and extortion.