“The president is not going to direct the archivist,” the senior official told reporters, though the official later added that “the archivist is required to publish an amendment once it’s ratified, so the archivist is required to publish this amendment.”
biden is literally this archivist's boss and i've seen gov't employees get fired to force their bosses will and them get reinstated after they fought back with the knowledge that their boss ended up getting what they wanted anyways.