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Joshua Nazario

Professor Jeannot

ENC 1102

26 January 2022

Whether elected leaders lean on compromise or reflective interest proposals.

Every successive presidency has had its normal fluctuations-why is that? Numerous

factors have direct interplay with this trend, to name a few: antsy constituents who want their

demands to be met, political gridlock, and the classic, “party-on-party” rivalry. All of the

aforesaid issues have, and still will, be a driving reason for elected leaders to fall short of their

promises. It is really easy to fall into the misconception that elected leaders beguile their

constituents with enticing legislation that satisfies their demands and, when elected, fail to

regned their promise. That leader, who they so strongly believed to be their social and economic

“holy-grail”, just aimed to “get the votes, get into power”. Mind you, though it may be true that

some politicians want to gain the limelight and security of power in the executive or legislative

branch, it is not often the case. Some of our social and economic demands are not entirely

“practical” as is demonstrated in the recent editorial published by the editorial board of St.Louis

POST-DISPATCH, “Biden’s Hands are tied on eviction moratoriums, so it’s up to Congress to

act.” There, the board clearly identifies an issue faced by lower-middle class families during

COVID, rent eviction, and discusses the topic above- how President Biden had failed to regned

the promise to rescind landlord eviction power over families struggling to produce a stable

income for rent. Why was that the case, simply due to the Supreme Court's actions of barring

Biden’s actions and branding it “unconstitutional”. Oftentimes the Federal government, with

oversight from each branch of government, will ensure that the proposed bill will not contradict
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the provision stated within the Constitution. Of course, one may argue that the Constitution ,in

this present age, is “flexible” and, therefore, an innocent bill like revoking eviction for overdue

rents won’t burn the bridges down for our constitution. In this dissertation, it is important to

realize that most political leaders are committed towards their goal in delivering pieces of

legislation that helps each and every voter in America. Getting through Congress, the executive

department, and the Supreme Court has been quite a jericho for our current President, thus

leaving him no choice but to compromise ( a word which will make a frequent appearance in this

analysis) with his opponents- for the sake of maintaining an equilibrium in the structure of

government. It is my hope that this research paper will widen the lens of the audience and make

them more cognizant of what really happens behind closed doors- that is, a greater scope on the

president’s “business as usual” attitude when turned down by different faculties of government.