The writer is a constitutional lawyer. The article "Mitchell makes return to State Capitol after arrest" (April 30), about state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, was hard to read. Although I do not support her decision to handle the situation in the way in which she did, she is entitled to due process.

Senate Republicans on Monday hurled two unsuccessful attempts to disqualify Sen. Nicole Mitchell, DFL-Woodbury, from voting on bills during the remaining three weeks of the legislative session, one week after the first-term senator was charged with first-degree burglary.

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Embattled Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell will be removed from her committee assignments and caucus meetings while burglary allegations against her play out in both a Senate and legal investigation,

State Sen. Nicole Mitchell returned to the Capitol on Monday, a week after a burglary arrest threw her political career into doubt and also threatened to upend her party’s agenda. She checked in as present as the Senate convened for the week. Last week, she didn’t appear in public. Mitchell declined to answer questions from reporters on Monday.

Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell (DFL-Woodbury) returned to the senate floor on Monday, sparking a long day of discussion in the chamber.

A motion in the Minnesota Senate to call for the resignation of bemired DFL Sen. Nicole Mitchell failed Tuesday. This came after a GOP-led effort to strip her of voting powers failed Monday.