You’re right.
Not following through in 2008 made it all but impossible to do it now, regardless of how ineligible she may be.
Similarly, failing to avenge the screw in 2020 and 2022 has made crying foul in elections a non starter.
When will we learn you can’t compromise with evil? It always comes back to bite you.
The legal system is dysfunctional, and the media are part of a huge lie manufacturing machine.
Also, there is deliberate historical misdirection on this issue, primarily from William Rawle back in the 1820s.
The legal system never adequately dealt with Rawle's efforts to mislead people, because back in those days, it had no significant impact.
And now it has steered us into this "Anchor Baby" system we have now.
I've said that, a little differently, for many years. Compromising with bad policy is like adding some sewage to your drinking water.