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MARK MECKLER
President, Convention of States

Mark Meckler is the President of Convention of States Foundation & Convention of States Action (COSA). COSA has over 5 million supporters and activists, representing every state legislative district in the nation. Mark appears regularly on television, radio and online discussing the conservative grassroots perspective on political issues.

Before COSA, Mark was the Co-Founder of Tea Party Patriots. He left the organization in 2012 to implement this constitutional solution to take power from DC and return it to the sovereign citizens of the states. Mark has a B.A. from SDSU and a law degree from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. He practiced law for two decades.

From February 2021 to May 2021 Mark served as the Interim CEO at Parler to help bring the free speech social media company back online and equip it for a strong future. Meckler said, “It was an honor to serve in this capacity in the fight for free speech in America.”

Mark and Patty have been married more than 28 years. They have two grown children and reside in central Texas.

DR. JEFFERY BARKE
Chief Medical Advisor, Convention of States

Dr. Jeffrey Barke is the Chief Medical Advisor to Convention of States and founding member of America's Frontline Doctors. He is the author of COVID-19, A Physician's Take on the Exaggerated Fear of Corona Virus.

He is a board certified primary care physician in private practice for over 25 years, served as an Associate Clinical Professor at U.C. Irvine, and as a board member of the Orange County Medical Association. Dr. Barke was recently commissioned as an officer in the US Army Reserve Medical Corps and is also a reserve deputy and a tactical physician for a local law enforcement SWAT team.

Dr. Barke served as an elected school board member for the Los Alamitos Unified School District for 12 years and is the co-founder and current school board chair of a free public charter school in Orange, CA called Orange County Classical Academy that uses Hillsdale College’s curriculum.

ABOUT CONVENTION OF STATES

The Convention of States organization boasts a grassroots network of over 5 million supporters and volunteers, representing every state legislative district in the nation. Its mission is to restore a culture of self-governance in America and to curtail federal overreach. COSA’s primary focus in accomplishing this mission is using a limited Article V Convention to propose constitutional amendments that impose limitations on the size and scope of the federal government, including a balanced budget requirement and term limits for federal officials. 

Prominent endorsers include Mark Levin, Ben Shapiro, Dave Rubin, Senator Rand Paul, Gov. Ron DeSantis, Sean Hannity, Senator Ben Sasse, Dr. James Dobson, Pete Hegseth, and Gov. Mike Huckabee.

PRESS RELEASES

Large Majority Oppose Biden’s Plan to Remove Lunch Funding from Low Income Schools Refusing to Support LGBTQ+ Agenda
June 29, 2022

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83% of Voters Affirm Self-Defense Principles of SCOTUS 2A Decision
June 23, 2022

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Majority of Independents, Republicans Say “Red Flag” Gun Laws Likely to Be Abused by Government
June 22, 2022

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As Monkeypox Ramps Up, 65% Majority Oppose Biden Administration Plan to Give WHO Authority in U.S.
June 13, 2022

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Majority Believe Biden Deliberately Allowing Gas Price Surge to Push Americans Away from Fossil Fuels
June 10, 2022

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Majority Don't Trust in Biden, Fauci to Handel Monkeypox Outbreak
June 8, 2022

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Majority of Voters Support Training and Arming Teachers, Young People Agree Most
June 1, 2022

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Voters Blame Biden–Not Putin–for Historic Inflation
May 31, 2022

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Plurality of American Voters Support Principles Behind Leaked SCOTUS Roe v. Wade Decision
May 19, 2022 

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Majority of Americans Want Strict Limits on Abortion
May 19, 2022

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Nearly 90% of Americans Want Companies Out of Politics and Culture Wars
May 16, 2022

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Over 75% Oppose Protests at Private Homes of Supreme Court Justices
May 10, 2022

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Economy and Inflation Hands Down Top Issue for 2022 Voters
May 5, 2022

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Nearly Two-Thirds of Hispanic Voters Support Closing Southern Border Until Immigration Crisis Fixed
May 4, 2022

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Nearly Two-Thirds of American Voters Believe Biden Compromised by China
April 19, 2022

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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
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