Look, there are a lot of reasons to despise Obama, but this story about him surrendering his license for wrongdoing is just BS that makes us look stupid.
Both Obamas went “inactive” on their law licenses when their positions no longer required law licenses. They can reactivate their licenses at any time and a cursory look at the Illinois Bar website reveals that. Going inactive is not an uncommon thing to do — I have had friends do it when they no longer needed an active license .I wish I could do it, it would save me $2000 a year in bar fees and CLE.
I realize there is not record of revocation of his license. That does not prove that inactivity was a result of an innocuous act. He voluntarily surrendered his law license - so did slick willy and lots of other crook lawyers.
Will Shakespeare had it right even in jest about lawyers.