Rhode Island: EXCITING! SUPPORT Rescission | Thursday, May 21!

Eagle Forum National Constitutional Issues Chairman

Janine Hansen, 775-397-6859, director@nevadafamilies.org

May 19, 2026, In the Year of Our Lord

This is so exciting! 16 States have previously rescinded all their Article V’s. If this bill passes in Rhode Island, it will mean that it would be impossible for any Article V to get 34 of the 50 States as required to call a Constitutional Convention!

Support!!!

Rhode Island: RESCISSION OF ALL PREVIOUS ARTICLE V

Constitutional Convention Applications S2954

HEARING

THURSDAY, May 21, about 4:00pm

This hearing is at the same time and committee as the Convention of States.

HEARING: Senate Judiciary Committee, Room 313 State House

Submit Written Testimony: Written testimony must be submitted prior to 3:00 PM on Thursday, May 21, 2026, in order for it to be provided to the members of the committee at the hearing and to be included in the meeting records. Adriana Carlucci, Committee Clerk, 401-222-2381, SenateJudiciary@rilegislature.gov

CONTACT: the Senate Judiciary Committee:

sen-lamountain@rilegislature.gov,

sen-mckenney@rilegislature.gov, sen-bissaillon@rilegislature.gov,

sen-burke@rilegislature.gov, sen-dimitri@rilegislature.gov,

sen-euer@rilegislature.gov, sen-paolino@rilegislature.gov,

sen-patalano@rilegislature.gov, sen-quezada@rilegislature.gov,

sen-raptakis@rilegislature.gov,

MESSAGE: Please support S2954 which cancels and nullifies all prior applications by the general assembly calling for a constitutional convention. An Article V Constitutional Convention cannot be limited. Please protect our Constitution and our fundamental rights from all the Special Interests who will be trying to influence a Constitutional Convention. (Or better yet write your own message.) More information below.

Text of S2954: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText26/SenateText26/S2954.pdf

More Information:

Eagle Forum National Constitutional Issues Chairman

Janine Hansen

info@eagleforum.org, janine@janinehansen.com  eagleforum.org 775-397-6859

An Article V Convention Cannot be Limited: Phyllis Schlafly, the founder of Eagle Forum, often quoted Chief Justice Warren Burger as the highest authority to ever speak out on a Constitutional Convention. He stated: “I have also repeatedly given my opinion that there is no effective way to limit or muzzle the action of a Constitutional Convention. The Convention could make its own rules and set its own agenda. Congress might try to limit the Convention to one amendment or to one issue, but there is no way to assure that the Convention would obey. After a Convention is convened, it would be too late to stop the convention if we don’t like the agenda.” In addition, in 2015 the New Jersey Law Journal reported that former Supreme Court Justice “Scalia called it a ‘horrible idea’ to hold a constitutional convention in this age of special interests.”

Jeopardizes our Fundamental Rights: In September of 2023 California passed an Article V application which would have completely gutted the Second Amendment. Although in 2025 California rescinded all previous applications for Article V Constitutional Conventions, it does not diminish California’s anti-Second Amendment agenda. Knowing that all 50 states will participate in any Article V Constitutional Convention, we can anticipate that all the well-funded anti-Second Amendment organizations will be there supporting California’s anti-Second Amendment agenda and lobbying to take away our fundamental Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Other rights such as religious liberty and free speech could also be in jeopardy.

Large Population States will Control the Convention: Since the Articles of Confederation were superseded by the U.S. Constitution, representation has always been according to the Great Compromise. Each state has two U.S. Senators and the House of Representatives is based on population, just like the Electoral College. This is the formula the U.S. Senate and House used in their proposed procedural bills for an Article V Convention. This precludes the one state one vote argument promoted by convention advocates. What it would mean is that Rhode Island would have 4 votes in a Convention and California 54 votes, New York 28 votes and Texas 40 votes.

Ratification Process Could be Changed: In Article V the only thing mentioned that cannot be amended is the equal representation of each state in the U.S. Senate without the consent of each state. What that means is that even the amending process in Article V can be changed. As in the original Constitutional Convention where the ratification process was changed from unanimous consent to amend the Articles, to only nine states necessary to ratify the Constitution, a new Constitutional Convention could change the ratification process from three-fourths of the states to something less like twenty-six states. In addition, according to Article V, Congress can send any amendments proposed by the Convention to the State Legislatures for ratification or to conventions in those states bypassing the state legislatures entirely, which they did in order to pass the repeal of prohibition.

Oppose Convention of States Rhode Island THURSDAY, May 21, 2016, 4:15pm

Eagle Forum National Constitutional Issues Chairman

Janine Hansen, 775-397-6859, director@nevadafamilies.org

May 19, 2026, In the Year of Our Lord

Rhode Island: Convention of States

HEARING

THURSDAY, May 21, about 4:15pm

HEARING: Senate Judiciary Committee, Room 313 State House

Submit Written Testimony: Written testimony must be submitted prior to 3:00 PM on Thursday, May 21, 2026, in order for it to be provided to the members of the committee at the hearing and to be included in the meeting records. Adriana Carlucci, Committee Clerk, 401-222-2381, SenateJudiciary@rilegislature.gov

CONTACT: the Senate Judiciary Committee:

sen-lamountain@rilegislature.gov,

sen-mckenney@rilegislature.gov, sen-bissaillon@rilegislature.gov,

sen-burke@rilegislature.gov, sen-dimitri@rilegislature.gov,

sen-euer@rilegislature.gov, sen-paolino@rilegislature.gov,

sen-patalano@rilegislature.gov, sen-quezada@rilegislature.gov,

sen-raptakis@rilegislature.gov,

MESSAGE: Please oppose S2724 the Convention of States. An Article V Amendments Convention cannot be limited. The COS organization has proposed dozens of amendments. Don’t jeopardize our Constitution and our fundamental rights.

(Or better yet write your own message.) More information below.

Text of S2724: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Billtext26/SenateText26/S2724.pdf

More Information:

Eagle Forum National Constitutional Issues Chairman Janine Hansen

info@eagleforum.org, janine@janinehansen.com www.eagleforum.org 775-397-6859

An Article V Convention Cannot be Limited: Phyllis Schlafly, the founder of Eagle Forum, often quoted Chief Justice Warren Burger as the highest authority to ever speak out on a Constitutional Convention. He stated: “I have also repeatedly given my opinion that there is no effective way to limit or muzzle the action of a Constitutional Convention. The Convention could make its own rules and set its own agenda. Congress might try to limit the Convention to one amendment or to one issue, but there is no way to assure that the Convention would obey. After a Convention is convened, it would be too late to stop the convention if we don’t like the agenda.” In addition, in 2015 the New Jersey Law Journal reported that former Supreme Court Justice “Scalia called it a ‘horrible idea’ to hold a constitutional convention in this age of special interests.”

The Convention of States language is very broad and opens every Section of the Constitution to amendment. In fact, in the COS Pocket Guide they propose dozens of possible amendments. COS’s language “to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government,” was the purpose of the original Constitution. There was nothing wrong with the Constitution, but the 16th Amendment income tax and the 17th Amendment direct election of Senators, both approved by the states, simply destroyed Federalism and the balance of power between the states and the federal government. Now every school district, city, county and state is controlled by the Federal government through money, grants, and mandates. As state Legislators you have the power to refuse federal money and mandates and turn back the tide of the overreaching federal government.

Until states get serious about rejecting federal money and mandates COS’s language of “imposing fiscal restraints on the federal government” will simply be impossible. Which state legislator as a delegate at a national Constitutional Convention will vote to defund their state of between 31% to 56%, they receive from the federal government?

Jeopardizes our Fundamental Rights: In September of 2023, California passed an Article V application, which would have completely gutted the Second Amendment. Although in 2025, California rescinded all previous applications for Article V Constitutional Conventions, it does not diminish California’s anti-Second Amendment agenda. Knowing that all 50 states will participate in any Article V Constitutional Convention, we can anticipate that all the well-funded anti-Second Amendment organizations will be there supporting California’s anti-Second Amendment agenda and lobbying to take away our fundamental Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Other rights such as religious liberty and free speech, could also be in jeopardy.

Large Population States will Control the Convention: Since the Articles of Confederation were superseded by the U.S. Constitution, representation has always been according to the Great Compromise. Each state has two U.S. Senators and the House of Representatives is based on population, just like the Electoral College. This is the formula the U.S. Senate and House used in their proposed procedural bills for an Article V Convention. This precludes the one state one vote argument promoted by convention advocates. What it would mean is that Rhode Island would have 4 votes in a Convention and California 54 votes, New York 28 votes and Texas 40 votes.

Ratification Process Could be Changed: In Article V the only thing mentioned that cannot be amended is the equal representation of each state in the U.S. Senate without the consent of each state. What that means is that even the amending process in Article V can be changed. As in the original Constitutional Convention,, where the ratification process was changed from unanimous consent to amend the Articles, to only nine states necessary to ratify the Constitution, a new Constitutional Convention could change the ratification process from three-fourths of the states to something less like twenty-six states. In addition, according to Article V, Congress can send any amendments proposed by the Convention to the State Legislatures for ratification or to conventions in those states bypassing the state legislatures entirely, which they did to pass the repeal of prohibition.

Rhode Island Contact ONE Rep to RESCIND Art. V

Rhode Island:

We have a bill to rescind all previous Article V

Constitutional Conventions.

 

Please CONTACT: Representative Corvese

To support H7792 which Rescinds All Previous

Article V Constitutional Conventions

 

He needs to hear your concerns about how an Article V Convention would put the Second Amendment in Jeopardy.

 

MESSAGE: Please support H7792 which rescinds all previous applications for an Article V Constitutional Amendments Convention. The Convention agenda cannot be limited and our fundamental rights like the Right to Keep and Bear Arms could be jeopardized in an Article V Convention. (Or better yet write your own message.) More information below.

 

Representative Corvese

(401) 222-1591

rep-corvese@rilegislature.gov

 

Text of H7792: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText26/HouseText26/H7792.pdf 

 

More Information:

Eagle Forum National Constitutional Issues

Chairman Janine Hansen

info@eagleforum.org, janine@janinehansen.com www.eagleforum.org 775-397-6859

 

An Article V Convention Cannot be Limited: Phyllis Schlafly, the founder of Eagle Forum, often quoted Chief Justice Warren Burger as the highest authority to ever speak out on a Constitutional Convention. He stated: “I have also repeatedly given my opinion that there is no effective way to limit or muzzle the action of a Constitutional Convention. The Convention could make its own rules and set its own agenda. Congress might try to limit the Convention to one amendment or to one issue, but there is no way to assure that the Convention would obey. After a Convention is convened, it would be too late to stop the convention if we don’t like the agenda.” In addition, in 2015 the New Jersey Law Journal reported that former Supreme Court Justice “Scalia called it a ‘horrible idea’ to hold a constitutional convention in this age of special interests.”

 

Jeopardize our Fundamental Rights: In September of 2023 California passed an Article V application which would have completely gutted the Second Amendment. Although in 2025 California rescinded all previous applications for Article V Constitutional Conventions, it does not diminish California’s anti-Second Amendment agenda. Knowing that all 50 states will participate in any Article V Constitutional Convention, we can anticipate that all the well-funded anti-Second Amendment organizations will be there supporting California’s anti-Second Amendment agenda and lobbying to take away our fundamental Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Other rights such as religious liberty and free speech could also be in jeopardy.

 

Large Population States will Control the Convention: Since the Articles of Confederation were superseded by the U.S. Constitution, representation has always been according to the Great Compromise. Each state has two U.S. Senators and the House of Representatives is based on population, just like the Electoral College. This is the formula the U.S. Senate and House used in their proposed procedural bills for an Article V Convention. This precludes the one state one vote argument promoted by convention advocates. What it would mean is that Rhode Island would have 4 votes in a Convention and California 54 votes, New York 28 votes and Texas 40 votes.

 

Ratification Process Could be Changed: In Article V the only thing mentioned that cannot be amended is the equal representation of each state in the U.S. Senate without the consent of each state. What that means is that even the amending process in Article V can be changed. As in the original Constitutional Convention where the ratification process was changed from unanimous consent to amend the Articles, to only nine states necessary to ratify the Constitution, a new Constitutional Convention could change the ratification process from three-fourths of the states to something less like twenty-six states. In addition, according to Article V, Congress can send any amendments proposed by the Convention to the State Legislatures for ratification or to conventions in those states bypassing the state legislatures entirely, which they did in order to pass the repeal of prohibition

Rhode Island Rescission Hearing Thursday 4 pm

Eagle Forum National Constitutional Issues Chairman

Janine Hansen, 775-397-6859, director@nevadafamilies.org

April 14, 2026, In the Year of Our Lord

EXCITING: 16 other States have rescinded all previous applications for an Article V Constitutional Convention. This is the very best way to oppose an Article V Convention!

Rhode Island Hearing on H7792 Rescinding all previous Article V Constitutional Convention applications.

HEARING: Thursday, April 16, sometime after 4pm, Room 135 State House, in the House Committee on State Government and Elections.

How to submit written testimony: https://www.rilegislature.gov/SiteAssets/WrittenTestimony.pdf

Watch hearing: https://capitoltvri.cablecast.tv/

MESSAGE: Please support H7792 to rescind all previous applications for an Article V Constitutional Amendments Convention. Large population states like California and Texas will have many more votes than Rhode Island. The Convention agenda cannot be limited, jeopardizing our Constitution. (Or better yet, write your own message.) More information below.

CONTACT the House Government and Elections Committee

(copy and paste)

Chair: rep-shanley@rilegislature.gov,

rep-corvese@rilegislature.gov, rep-ajello@rilegislature.gov,

rep-baginski@rilegislature.gov, rep-brien@rilegislature.gov,

rep-dawson@rilegislature.gov, rep-kazarin@rilegislature.gov,

rep-kennedy@rilegislature.gov, rep-knight@rilegislature.gov,

rep-mcgaw@rilegislature.gov, rep-newberry@rilegislature.gov,

rep-paplauskas@rilegislature.gov, rep-stewart@rilegislature.gov,

rep-tanzi@rilegislature.gov,

Bill Text: H7792: https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText26/HouseText26/H7792.htm

Eagle Forum National Constitutional Issues Chairman

Janine Hansen

eagle@eagleforum.org, janine@janinehansen.com www.eagleforum.org 775-397-6859

Why Rescind?

An Article V Convention Cannot be Limited: Phyllis Schlafly, the founder of Eagle Forum, often quoted Chief Justice Warren Burger as the highest authority to ever speak out on a Constitutional Convention. He stated: “I have also repeatedly given my opinion that there is no effective way to limit or muzzle the action of a Constitutional Convention. The Convention could make its own rules and set its own agenda. Congress might try to limit the Convention to one amendment or to one issue, but there is no way to assure that the Convention would obey. After a Convention is convened, it would be too late to stop the convention if we don’t like the agenda.” In addition, in 2015, the New Jersey Law Journal reported that former Supreme Court Justice “Scalia called it a ‘horrible idea’ to hold a constitutional convention in this age of special interests.”

Large Population States Will Control the Convention: Since the Articles of Confederation were superseded by the U.S. Constitution, representation has always been according to the Great Compromise. Each state has two U.S. Senators, and the House of Representatives is based on population, just like the Electoral College. This is the formula the U.S. Senate and House used in their proposed procedural bills for an Article V Convention. This precludes the one state, one vote argument promoted by convention advocates. What it would mean is that Rhode Island would have 4 votes in a Convention, California 54 votes, Texas 38 votes, and New York 28 votes.

Jeopardize our Fundamental Rights: In September of 2023, California passed an Article V application, which would have completely gutted the Second Amendment. Although in 2025, California rescinded all previous applications for Article V Constitutional Conventions, it does not diminish California’s anti-Second Amendment agenda. Knowing that all 50 states will participate in any Article V Constitutional Convention, we can anticipate that all the well-funded anti-Second Amendment organizations will be there supporting California’s anti-Second Amendment agenda and lobbying to take away our fundamental Right to keep and Bear Arms. Other rights, such as religious liberty and free speech, could also be in jeopardy.

Ratification Process Could be Changed: The only thing mentioned in Article V that cannot be amended without the consent of each State is the equal representation in the U.S. Senate. What that means is that, as in the original Constitutional Convention, where the ratification process was changed from unanimous consent to amend the Articles to only nine states necessary to ratify the Constitution, a new Constitutional Convention could change the ratification process from three-fourths of the states to something less like twenty-six states. In addition, according to Article V, Congress can send any amendments proposed by the Convention to the State Legislatures for ratification or to conventions in those states, bypassing the state legislatures, which they did in order to pass the repeal of prohibition.

National Eagle Forum stands with the national Republican Party, which passed a resolution in 2012 that still stands opposing any Article V Constitutional Convention applications. We encourage Alaska to rescind all previous applications.