This government is to possess absolute and uncontroulable power, legislative, executive and judicial, with respect to every object to which it extends, for by the last clause of section 8th, article 1st, it is declared “that the congress shall have power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this constitution, in the government of the united states; or in any department or office thereof.” it appears from these articles that there is no need of any intervention of the state governments, between the congress and the people, to execute any one power vested in the general government, and that the constitution and laws of every state are nullified and declared void, so far as they are or shall be inconsistent with this constitution, or the laws made in pursuance of it, or with treaties made under the authority of the united states. "
- written in 1787

based on the information in the passage and the year in which it was written, these words most likely represent which of these?
a) a federalist
b) a federal judge
c) an anti-federalist
d) a member of congress