Contemporary Anti-Federalist Research

Anti-Federalist writings have had a profound impact on American politics and continue to shape modern political thought. The following is a collection of contemporary research about Anti-Federalism and the society that birthed it.

Journal Articles

• Aristocracy Assailed: The Ideology of Backcountry Anti-Federalism
  Saul Cornell, Journal of American History
• Men of a Different Faith: The Anti-Federalist Ideal in Early American Political Thought
  Christopher M. Duncan, The Journal of the Northeastern Political Science Association

Law Review Articles

• Anti-Federalist/Federalist Dialogue and its Implications for Constitutional Understanding
  Daniel Walker Howe, Northwestern University Law Review
• Misunderstanding the Anti-Federalist Papers: The Dangers of Availability
  Aaron Zelinsky, Alabama Law Review
• Return of the Skeptics: The Growing Role of the Anti-Federalists in Modern Constitutional Jurisprudence
  Nils Gilbertson, The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy

Online Articles

• Confirmed: Antifederalist Melancton Smith was Brutus
  Adam P. Levinson and John P. Kaminski, Statutes and Stories, October 3, 2025
• Newly Rediscovered Manuscript Sheds Light on the Identity of the “Federal Farmer”
  Statutes and Stories, May 4, 2025
• Identifying the Federal Farmer: Unravelling the Mystery of an Antifederalist Treasure
  Center for the Study of the American Constitution, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 1, 2025

Undergraduate Research

• The Antifederalists Were (Mostly) Right: An Analysis of Modern American Public Opinion on the Concerns of the Antifederalists
  Jamie B. Nash, CUREJ: College Undergraduate Research Electronic Journal, University of Pennsylvania, 2022