Convention of States Action is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization founded to stop the runaway power of the federal government. We believe Washington, D.C. is broken and will not fix itself. The federal government is spending this country into the ground, seizing power from the states, and taking liberty from the people. We have a solution as big as the problem. Build an engaged army of self-governing grassroots activists. But, we're also pretty bent on passing the Convention of States resolution in Ohio so our state can join the 19 other states calling for an Article V state amending convention to address: A Convention of States is a convention called by the state legislatures for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution. This power is granted to them under Article V of the Constitution. It is not a constitutional convention and cannot throw out the Constitution. A Convention of States can only propose amendments that fit within the topic of the applications adopted by the state legislatures. Convention of States Action is a grassroots movement working to unite states in proposing amendments to curb federal overreach and restore liberties. Our mission is to empower states and citizens to take control back from an out-of-control federal government. Washington, D.C. will never voluntarily relinquish power, no matter who is elected. It is time for American citizens to take a stand against tyranny and make a legitimate coordinated nationwide effort to curb the power of the federal government. Only a Convention of States has the constitutional power to repair the damage and halt the federal government from further eroding the liberties of the sovereign citizens. “The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States, shall call a Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.”Ohio’s Path to Freedom: The Power of the States
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Our Mission
What is a Convention of States?
Who Are We?
Watch the Late Sen. Tom Coburn's Message to Congress
"America doesn't trust you anymore."
~ Tom Coburn
Why Call a Convention of States?
Please watch the below video to learn more about our movement.
Article V of the Constitution of the United States
Sponsor Testimony of Ohio's current COS Resolution HJR-3
Sponsor Testimony 11/14/23 in the House Government Oversight Committee: Reps. McClain and Willis
Proponent Testimony 2/6/24 in the House Government Oversight Committee:
Periodic Publications
COS Ohio's current monthly newsletter The Sound of Freedom: January 2025
Archived issues of COS Ohio's The Sound of Freedom issues accessed HERE
Leaders Roundup: Friday, February 7, 2025
Webinars: COS At Home - YouTube
Responses to opponents of a state amending convention:
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Physicians for COS
The diagnosis is clear.
We have a growing cancer today known as the Obamacare. As a result physicians are no longer free to practice medicine.No profession feels the full force of the federal government more than physicians. The medical profession is the most highly regulated profession in the United States. The practice of medicine is controlled, taxed, and regulated to the point of being destroyed by the heavy hand of the federal government.
Physicians are told how to bill, how much to charge, and how to treat patients. They are mandated to use expensive electronic medical records. The federally enacted HIPPA (Health Information Privacy and Portability Act) makes the communication between physicians and atients burdensome, inefficient,and expensive. Every physician is required by federal mandate to register with the government to obtain an NPI (national provider identifier.) We are required by federal law to obtain and pay for a license to prescribe medication through the DEA, which is separate from our state licensure.
This heavy hand of government not only oversees the largest federal health bureaucracy ever created, but by extension reaches into every state, every city, and every small town to regulate how every licensed physician practices the art of medicine and how citizens obtain care.
The treatment is also clear.
The prescription for a cure was written into our constitution by our founders. Article V of our constitution allows for the states to call for a convention of states to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government through the proposal of constitutional amendments. Physicians should be the strongest supporters of this brilliantly-crafted states’ rights tool placed into our constitution by our founders.
I urge my fellow American physicians to join with me in supporting an Article V Convention of States to take back control of the practice of medicine. It’s the only way that we can return the practice of medicine back to the intimate relationship between a doctor and patient without interference by the heavy hand of a distant, national government.
Jeffrey I. Barke, M.D. Family Physician Newport Beach, CA