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How did the Anti-Federalists feel about the federal courts?

Similar to how they felt about the rest of the proposed federal government, the Anti-Federalists, with no clear leader and weren't exactly a united group, but instead involved many elements, believed the Constitution granted too much power to the federal courts, at the expense of the state and local courts.  They argued that the federal courts would be too far away to provide justice to the average citizen.

How did the Federalists feel about the federal courts?

The Federalists, led by Alexander Hamilton, argued that the federal courts had limited jurisdiction, leaving many areas of the law to the state and local courts.  The Federalists felt that the new federal courts were necessary to provide checks and balances on the power of the other two branches of government.  They believed the federal courts would protect citizens from government abuse, and guarantee their liberty.

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The Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise was presented  at the Constitutional Convention, which was a meeting of states whose delegates were formulating plans for the National government. There were many disputes over the proposals between the North and the South. One of the major disputes was over the issue of commerce relating to the Slave Trade. The states in the North wanted Congress to have power to regulate commerce. But the states in the South opposed this power because they feared Congress would use its authority to end to the slave trade. A compromise was reached by stating that Congress could not prohibit the slave trade until 1808, but imported slaves could be taxed.

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Slavery in the North/South and the 3/5 Compromise

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Slavery in the North/South and the 3/5 Compromise

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A contentious issue at the 1787 Constitutional Convention was whether slaves would be counted as part of the population in determining representation of the states in the Congress (Southern plan) or would instead be considered property and, as such, not be considered for purposes of representation (Northern plan).

The 3/5 Compromise was the plan that they agreed on, the compromise solution was to count three out of every five slaves as a person for this purpose. Its effect was to give the southern states a third more seats in Congress and a third more electoral votes than if slaves had been ignored, but fewer than if slaves and free people had been counted equally, thus allowing the slaveholder interests to largely dominate the government of the United States until 1861.

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The CC took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in the old Pennsylvania State House. George Washington, the current president, held 55 delegates to amend the Articles of Confederation. It had, by that time, become clear that the Articles of Confederation were not a good enough constitution for the new nation.

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Large States vs. Small States (Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan)

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Large States vs. Small States (Virginia Plan vs. New Jersey Plan)

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The Virginia Plan was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention. Under the proposed Virginia Plan, members of the House were to be nominated and elected by the people of the state. Members of the Senate, however, were to be nominated by state legislatures and elected by the lower house. This plan basically said the higher the population, the more people represented.
The New Jersey Plan was one other option favoring the smaller states as to how the United States would be governed. The Plan called for each state to have one vote in Congress instead of the number of votes being based on population. It was introduced to the Constitutional Convention by William Paterson, a New Jersey delegate, on June 15, 1787.

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The Connecticut Compromise (also known as the Great Compromise of 1787 or Sherman Compromise) was an agreement that large and small states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that in part defined the legislative structure and representation that each state would have under the United States Constitution. It retained the bicameral legislature as proposed by Roger Sherman, along with proportional representation of the states in the lower house, but required the upper house to be weighted equally among the states. Each state would have two representatives.