👉 A hyperfederalist is a political theory that advocates for federalism, which means that the federal government should have more power than individual states. This idea was popularized by John Adams in his paper "On the Federal Constitution and its Relation to the State," published in 1789. In this theory, the federal government has the right to regulate interstate commerce and national defense, but it also has the ability to enforce laws at the state level. The goal is to ensure that the