When the law last came up for renewal in 2006, there was some grumbling from conservative lawmakers, particularly about the provisions that require seven states — including Arizona, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas — and parts of nine others to submit any changes to voting laws, rules and even polling place locations to the Justice Department or a federal court for advance approval

Despite the misgivings, the final vote for the bill was a lopsided 390-33 in the House. And in the Senate, critics of the law couldn’t pick up a single no vote. It passed, 98-0.

Now, though, the GOP has suddenly discovered the Voting Rights Act is terrible and evil and they’d never support such a tyrannous instrument. It must have been some other guys voting in 2006. Certainly nobody in office now.