At the Philadelphia Convention, the federalist constitution was opposed by some representatives of the state because they felt it limited the power of the states. They believed that it gave too much power to the central government. Some arguments that were made for in favor of the federalist constitution was that a central government would better protect the rights of the American people.The Supremacy clause stated “that the national government's authority prevails over any conflicting state or local government’s claims” (Morone & Kersh 118) was self evident in proving the fact that the central government, although permitting states reserved powers, would have more power than the states. The changes from Dual Federalism to New Federalism
