Mackyy Mackyy 28-08-2015 History contestada What was the Federalists’ argument for not adding a separate bill of rights to the Constitution? A separate bill of rights was unnecessary because everyone had been granted basic freedoms. A separate bill of rights be might used later to free enslaved people. A separate bill of rights was unnecessary because the new government would have limited power. A separate bill of rights might be used later to limit rights that were not originally listed.