6. AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND PROPOSED alias "Schumer's 11 Amendments" (colloquial title) is a fascinating read. First of all, there are only four (4). Schumer introduced them the first day of the trial, as was noted by this writer D2 in press and senate.gov Floor Activity. They were rejected. These are the same amendments numbers and witnesses resurrected for consideration D10.

The Congressional Record illustrates why these four amendments (which were not read aloud from the floor) earned the erstwhile "11 Amendments" title; the requisitions of material from the WH and National Security Council are novella-length--in the manner of Office of Special Counsel R. Mueller. The effect demanded from senators compels a pre-trial discovery process during the impeachment trial. Amd 1295, in particular, is no simple "witness" list but a compendium of unspecified documents, a fishing license, if you will. The other two proposed by Schumer appropriate Art. III authorities and instrumentality for senate purposes, incidentally, rendering Van Ho's contribution redundant.

Regardless of credibility vested in proposed witnesses testimony, one might reasonably be alarmed by this attempt at dismantling beloved doctrine, separation of powers among the branches of federal gov. Oh, the irony of urgency.