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what was the federalists argument for not adding a separate bill of rights to the constitution?
o it might be used later to limit rights that werent originally listed.
o it was unnecessary because everyone had been granted basic freedoms.
o it was unnecessary because the new government had limited power.
o it might be used later to free enslaved people in the west.
The Federalists believed that listing specific rights in a separate bill of rights could potentially be used to imply that only those listed rights were protected, limiting other un - listed rights. They also thought the new government's limited power was a safeguard, and a separate bill was not needed.
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It might be used later to limit rights that weren't originally listed.
It was unnecessary because the new government had limited power.