Max Boot: Do GOP senators have the courage to fight for our democracy?

On Tuesday, voters handed the House to Democrats. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump showed why this kind of check on his untrammeled authority is so imperative - if probably inadequate.Nearly the first thing the president did after getting the election news - shortly after threatening Democrats and berating the media in a Wednesday morning news conference - was to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Trump then appointed as acting attorney general, not the natural candidate - Deputy Attorney