“He’s attempting to change the Constitution.
Tabling by a majority vote is essentially a dismissal without trial. There’s no authority to do that.”
I would think so too. That would deny the house their Constitutional legal right to a trial. It completely negates the legal powers of the house to impeach at all.
Specifically:
“shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of”
It says SHALL. The conjunction “and” is not qualified, it follows SHALL, implying no discretion.
Schumer will say that it doesn’t prevent him from doing what he wants, but that’s not the construction of the statement.