Eagle Forum National Constitutional Issues Chairman
Janine Hansen, 775-397-6859, director@nevadafamilies.org
June 9, 2026, In the Year of Our Lord
From Judi Caler; judicaler@caavc.net
SOUTH CAROLINIANS—ACTION ALERT!!!
Letters & Calls to Support Gov. McMaster’s Veto
You can find your legislator's contact information Here:
Please ask your South Carolina State Representative & Senator to SUPPORT Governor McMaster's Veto of H. 3558.
June 9, 2026. YAY! Governor McMaster vetoed H. 3558, South Carolina’s bill to "control" Delegates to an Art. V convention. And now we need your help to quash an effort to override the veto.
The most effective calls and letters to legislators are from their own constituents. Please call and leave short phone and online messages for both your State Representative and your State Senator, asking them to support the Governor's veto of H. 3558, the deceptive Art. V delegate bill.
What makes H. 3558 Deceptive? Delegate bills are useless for their stated purpose, i.e. to control Delegates. But they are useful in deceiving Legislators into thinking they can prevent a runaway convention.
So the latest CON is to insist that when a majority of State Legislatures (26) pass Delegate “control” bills, it would be impossible for a convention to run away. But if State Legislatures have no power to select & control Delegates to an Art. V convention, then neither do 26 (or even 50) State Legislatures! It’s that simple.
South Carolina doesn’t need a phony Delegate “control” law, the sole purpose of which is to acclimate legislators to the idea that a constitutional convention is safe. Please ask your South Carolina State Representative & Senator to SUPPORT Governor McMaster's Veto of H. 3558.
Let’s go get ‘em!
The Legislation
H. 3558 (Delegate "control" bill)—VETOED by Governor McMaster on May 20, 2026. The Legislature can overturn the Governor's VETO by 2/3 vote of both Houses, when in Session—as soon as this Thursday, but more likely next week. Please call & write ASAP.
Call & Write Your State Representative & Senator
Suggestions for Talking Points, short emails, and phone messages are at the end of this blast, or write your own. And/or simply ask them to please "Back the Governor's Veto of H. 3558—the deceptive Art. V delegate bill."
If you don't know who your State Representative and State Senator are or how to contact them, you can look them up on this nifty South Carolina webpage. Enter your address, and click on the state legislators' names to find a phone number and their online forms to fill in. Look for "Send Message to Representative or Senator (e.g.) Jones." Be sure to let them know you're a constituent.
Thank you for defending the Constitution!
Talking Points—for Either Party
Use your own words as much as possible, so we don't all sound alike! Choose one, write your own, or see 1-2 sentence messages below these Talking Points. And ask the legislators to BACK the Governor's VETO of H. 3558:
"State Legislatures cannot dictate Amendments to be considered at an Art. V Convention" shows that lobbyists' assurances that Congress can't call a Convention until they receive applications from 34 states asking for the same Amendment, are false. A proposed Congressional "call," H.CON.RES. 15 (2025-2026), proves that Congress might count all applications together—including centuries-old, obsolete and rescinded applications—to reach the 34-State threshold! This contradicts what special interest lobbyists have been telling State Legislators for years to falsely assure them that a convention can't run away.
"State Legislatures have no power to select & control Delegates" shows that Congress decides the number and selection process for Delegates. Furthermore, Delegates have the "self-evident" Right "to alter or to abolish” our existing "Form of Government," as recognized by the Declaration of Independence, 2nd para. So, no one has power over Delegates! South Carolina doesn't need a deceptive delegate law that is useless for its stated purpose, and serves only to make legislators feel good about passing Applications that risk our Constitution.
The “Brilliant Men” flyer shows that James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, four US Supreme Court Justices, and other jurists and scholars warned that Delegates to an Article V convention can't be controlled.
Here is a collection of opinions from two former Supreme Court Justices, a retired U.S. District Court Judge, and nine nationally reputed professors of law who say that a constitutional convention 1) cannot be limited to a single issue, and 2) can become a runaway convention.
"What the Convention Lobby Isn't Telling You About the Declaration of Independence” shows why Delegates to an Article V convention have the power to throw off the Constitution we have and set up a new one, with a new and easier mode of ratification. The only power State Legislatures are granted under Article V is the power to ask Congress to call a Convention.
"WHO has the POWER to do WHAT under Article V..." shows that the only power State Legislatures have been granted by the Constitution respecting an Article V Convention, is to apply to Congress for Congress to call the convention. Period. Delegates perform a federal function when they convene at an Art. V constitutional convention. They aren't subject to state law, i.e., delegate bills.
Suggestions for Short Letters & Phone Calls
Use your own words as much as possible, so we don't all sound alike. You can send a Talking Point (above); Or select & modify just one message below for a letter or phone call; or write your own. And ask the legislators to BACK the Governor's VETO of H. 3558.
1. State Legislatures can't control Delegates to an Art. V Convention.
2. Delegates to a Convention called under Art. V would have more power than state legislators and Congress put together. They aren't subject to State Laws like Delegate "control" bills or limitations in the applications.
3. Congress has never called a convention under Article V, so one knows what will happen. Delegate bills deceive State Legislators into thinking they can control Delegates—so they'll vote for applications that risk our Constitution.
4. We need to rescind all South Carolina's Article V applications asking Congress to call a convention—so they don't inadvertently trigger a runaway convention—not pass useless Delegate laws to make legislators feel good about voting for dangerous applications!
5. Conventions called by Congress under Art. V can't be limited.
