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For each of the following examples decide which amendment is involved, and which rights are being violated. What is the right thing to do according to The Bill of Rights? Mrs. Jones hears a knock at the door.She opens the door and finds 3 police officers asking if they can come into her home to talk about neighborhood safety. She is very friendly and so she says yes . While sitting in the living room one of the officers sees a bomb under the sofa and gets up to get it. Mrs. Jones is immediately arrested.

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The situation described in the example involves a violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.In this case, the police officers did not have a warrant or probable cause to search Mrs. Jones' home or to arrest her. By entering her home without her consent and conducting a search, the officers violated her right to be secure in her home against unreasonable searches and seizures.According to the Bill of Rights, the right thing to do in this situation would be for the police officers to obtain a warrant based on probable cause before entering Mrs. Jones' home and conducting a search. If they did not have probable cause, they should not have entered her home or arrested her. The arrest of Mrs. Jones would also be unconstitutional without probable cause.