David S. Schwartz (University of Wisconsin Law School), Jonathan Gienapp (Stanford University), John Mikhail (Georgetown University Law Center), & Richard Primus (University of Michigan Law School) have posted The Federalist Constitution: Foreword (89 Fordham L. Rev. 1669 (2021)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Historical inquiry into constitutional meaning is distorted by long-standing received narratives and interpretations that are shaped by the political triumph and electoral dominance of the Jeffersonian-Republican and Jacksonian-Democratic parties between 1800 and 1860. But the original meanings of the Constitution were sharply contested and prominently featured some long-forgotten interpretations advanced by the Federalists. This foreword, and the articles it introduces, excavate the constitutional ideology of the Federalist Constitution, whose understanding is essential to a historically accurate picture of the founding.
Recommended.