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The Supreme Court just handed down two surprisingly timid Voting Rights Act decisions

Justice Neil Gorsuch wants to make it impossible to sue for violations of the Voting Rights Act. | Mario Tama/Getty Images On Monday, the Supreme Court decided not to thrust another dagger into the nearly lifeless corpse of the Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is arguably the most successful civil rights law in American history. Before the Roberts Court began to dismantle it, the VRA included a web of provisions intended to prevent states from denying anyone the right to vote because of their race. And the law started to dismantle Jim Crow voter suppression almost imme...