The Supreme Court and the Federalist Papers:

'Is There Less Here Than Meets the Eye?'

Melvyn R. Durchslag in The William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal.

"What made the decision in Printz [v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997)] stand out from the crowd was not its explication of historical materials nor the way in which these materials were detailed. Rather, it was the dispositive effect of one set of those materials, The Federalist. Both Justice Scalia's majority opinion and Justice Souter's dissent focused on the language of various The Federalist in a way that can best be described as the historical record equivalent of statutory interpretation."

See American State Papers, and see The Federalist by Publius (Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay), in Great Books of the Western World (first edition, 52 Vol., 1952) volume 43, (second edition, 60 Vol., 1990) volume 40.