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Mark Meckler is the co-founder and former National Coordinator of Tea Party Patriots, the largest grassroots Tea Party organization in the nation. He is the President of Citizens for Self Governance, and a regular television and radio commentator. Mark describes himself as "just a citizen committed to the fight to return the country to self governance."
Meckler founded the organization Citizens for Self-Governance (CSG) to "focus on broadening the philosophical reach of the idea of 'self-governance' outside of the Tea Party movement". In April 2012, Meckler became an adviser to the Campaign for Primary Accountability, a SuperPAC.
Through his work with CSG, Meckler has helped to file a class action lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, alleging violations under the Privacy Act as well as violations of constitutional rights guaranteeing free expression and equal protection under the law. The lawsuit stemmed from IRS targeting of conservative groups for more scrutiny as they applied for tax-exempt status. In March 2016, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit made a unanimous ruling rebuking the IRS and giving the agency two weeks to produce the names of organizations it targeted based on their political leanings.
Meckler has also been an active proponent of a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution.
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