Professor Kevin Gutzman explains what you need to know about the Federalist Papers. Here's a short U.S. history lecture about information few people know. Did the Federalist Papers have great influence in influencing the ratification of the United Constitution? No, they did not.If you watch this, you'll know than most tenured professors who promote socialism in America today. Professor Gutzman reminds us that by the time the last Federalist essay was published , 8 states had already ratified the U.S. Constitution! Only in the state of New York, were all the essays of the Federalist Papers published.