The losses are quickly piling up for the president this afternoon in the courtroom and in the court of public opinion. In the courtroom, the president's redistricting gerrymandering efforts in Missouri got a final nail in the coffin. The Republican Party's gerrymander will not move forward. And the conservative United States Supreme Court is the reason why Trump's mail and ballot scheme, an effort to try to undermine mail-in balloting in the United States of America, was also hit with a major loss in the First Circuit Court of Appeals, which says that it would cause complete chaos if they were allowed to move forward. Now, it comes at a very precarious time for Americans. Gas prices are on the rise. The Iran war is set to last potentially for another two-plus years. And well, today we reached a milestone, a grim one, one that many never ever wanted to see: $9.99 a gallon for diesel gas. That is a stunning development. And I have the latest for you right now. Make sure to subscribe as we're on the road to a million subscribers. Like, comment, share, get the word out. And let's talk about the president's court cases today.
It begins in Missouri where the United States Supreme Court, Justice Kavanaugh, denied a request essentially to keep the Republican maps in place. Application for stay presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the court is granted. The September 8th order entered by the Eastern District of Missouri is stayed pending disposition of appeal in the United States Court of Appeals and disposition of petition for a writ of certiorari in this court if such a writ timely sought. Should certiorari be denied, the stay shall terminate automatically. In any event, if certiorari is granted, the stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this court. It's a very confusing paragraph. Let me explain to you what happened in the most basic terms as a lawyer. So what happened was, if you remember, the United States Supreme Court previously rejected—okay, let's take it even a step back. Before that, the Missouri Supreme Court said that Missouri must use its old congressional maps, that the newly drawn redistricted gerrymandered maps that would have eliminated a Democratic-held seat in Missouri that were passed in 2025 were unconstitutional, that you can't use them. That's what the Missouri Supreme Court said, and the Missouri Supreme Court, that is majority conservative by the way. Then the United States Supreme Court agreed and said, 'You know what? We're not going to review this right now. You cannot change the maps for November. We could talk about 2028 at a later date, but at least for November, your old maps have to remain,' which kept the two Democratic-held seats. Then a federal court in Missouri, the Eastern District of Missouri, came in and said, 'You know what? We're actually going to reverse what the Missouri Supreme Court did. We're going to try to put a stay on that.' Say, hold on, Republicans can go back and use their new map. And well, this Supreme Court said, 'No, that doesn't make any sense. We're going to stay your order. That order is on pause.' And so, what the final outcome in all of this is: no new maps. The old maps remain, which means that a congressional seat held by Democrats will continue to be held by Democrats for at least two more years. That's it. That's it. Case closed. Nail in the coffin, at least for now.
But also heading over to the East Coast, the First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision today saying that Donald Trump's USPS mail and ballot situation, the executive order meant to curb mail-in ballots in the United States of America, should remain blocked, writing: 'The district court made detailed findings about the chaos and widespread disenfranchisement that would occur between now and November 3rd should the final rule take immediate effect, including the fact that it would be impossible for some states to reprint compliant envelopes, the likely delays in the required USPS envelope review process, the lack of a presently operative portal, and the herculean task that it would confront the USPS in scanning tens of millions of ballot envelopes and reviewing for a match with information in the presently non-operative portal. There is no countervailing record evidence disputing the district court's finding on these points. Indeed, appellants have not even seriously challenged this aspect of the district court's ruling, much less demonstrated why it is clearly erroneous. And moreover, there is no record evidence of past fraud or a likelihood of impending fraud related to the November 3rd election. Thus, we see no obvious error in the district court's conclusion that allows this final rule to be effective.' Now, in this case, we are waiting for the United States Supreme Court to act. The United States Supreme Court is going to decide ultimately whether to keep it in place, but the First Circuit Court of Appeals says, 'No, we're not going to let you undermine voting.' And it comes as the president is seeing record highs in the United States of America in terms of diesel. Five gas stations in California have now hit the limit, selling diesel at dispensers' highest possible price, $9.99 a gallon. And it comes as the war in Iran is going on and our allies abroad are not happy with us. Hillary Clinton went on Morning Joe today and put it perfectly. Take a listen.
And we have to look at our potential dangers, especially what she is thinking. You know, they can't defend anybody anymore because they don't have the capacity to defend. Maybe we can coerce Taiwan into just giving up because there's not going to be any support. I mean, if you look at the world map right now, it is not favorable to the United States, and in large measure, I would argue that's because of very wrongheaded decisions that are being made by this administration.
And secretary, there was no case made to the public. You're talking about the case that was made for the Iraq war. We learned later some of it under false pretenses. But we woke up one Sunday morning and President Trump was standing there saying, 'We have attacked Iran. We want regime change. The people need to rise up. We got to get rid of their nuclear program, which they told us they had obliterated a year earlier. We want to decapitate their government, their military, all these things.' He's talking last night at that event in Dallas again about the nuclear program. From where you sit, and we are where we are now, seven months since the start of the war. What is the best possible outcome? What should be the objective for the United States?
