Dallas County unlawfully deprived Stein of his First Amendment right to inquire about Judge Clay Jenkins alleged “panty raid”

John Wiley Price thinks that his constituents are not allowed to admonish him or his fellow Dallas County officials, and when Alex Stein, who goes by the alter ego “Prime Time #99 Alex Stein,” tried to criticize County Judge Clay Jenkins, Wiley ordered law enforcement to forcibly eject Stein from the building.

Alex Stein has become a viral sensation by appearing at local government public meetings and exposing the absurdity of politicians and their radical policies.  He rapped at Dallas City Hall about vaccine mandates, he encouraged the Richardson City Council to sign up for the Ukrainian foreign legion, and he appeared at a meeting of the Plano City Council in a woman’s bathing suit as “Alexandria Stein” and demanded to be allowed to join the women’s swim team.  His videos have millions of views and shares.  Tucker Carlson said to his millions of viewers that Stein has figured out “one of the most effective ways to change the way the people in power behave.”

On May 17, 2022, Stein signed up to make a public comment at a meeting of the Dallas County Commissioner’s Court, the body that governs Dallas County.  Stein was about 30 seconds into the three minutes which he was entitled to by the Court rules, when Commissioner John Wiley Price started furiously banging his gavel and ordered law enforcement to forcibly eject Stein from the meeting and physically throw him out of the building.  Price was triggered because Stein asked for clarification about an expose that alleged that Judge Clay Jenkins, the preceding officer of the Commissioners’ Court, had engaged in “dubious” conduct while in college, including a “panty raid’ of a women’s dormitory.   

The federal lawsuit alleges that throwing Stein out of the meeting violated the Court’s rules and violated Stein’s First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights and the Texas Open Meetings Act.  The lawsuit also alleges that County fire marshals used excessive force when they physically ejected Stein from the building.

“Politicians have to remember that they serve the public, not the other way around,” said Stein’s attorney Jonathan Gross of the Clevenger Firm.  “Criticizing the government is the highest form of protected speech.  It’s the right of Stein and every American.”  The Clevenger Firm represents clients in matters involving freedom of speech, freedom of information, and other violations of rights.  

The Complaint is available upon request.  Mr. Gross can be reached for comment at 443-813-0141 and at jon@clevengerfirm.com.