In this sentence, you have to think that a person who would
obtain court orders to prove segregation unconstitutional would be for
civil rights and would risk retaliation from those against civil rights.
So, beginning with A, one who filed orders would not be in opposition to
a civil rights victim; rule it out. “Questioned” and “skeptics” doesn’t
make much sense in the context (if you questioned the orders, you yourself
might be considered a skeptic); rule out B. If you defied the orders
then you would be a civil rights opponent; rule out C. If you demanded
the orders, civil rights leaders would not retaliate against you; rule
out E. So, if you obtained the orders, civil rights foes would retaliate
against you; D is correct.