The Anti-Federalists wanted their laws to stay in the state to where the state had their own laws and did not have to follow the national government’s laws. “ The supremacy clause has the potentiality to transform America from a system of confederated states into a complete consolidated government.” The Tenth Amendment says, “That any power that is not given to the federal government is given to the people or the states.”

The Anti-Federalists wanted a militia instead of a standing army since they are apart of the population. Madison said that if a standing army coming into the state, there will be a militia waiting for them at the border of the state. “they have always been complained of as oppressive and unconstitutional, and are seldom employed in executing of the laws.”