How many times did Michelle have to take the IL bar exam to pass?
Why was Michelle’s bar license revoked by Illinois?
Why was Obola’s bar license revoked by Illinois?
How many times did Oboma try to take the bar exam?
What were Obola’s bar exam scores?
The license of Barack and Michelle Obama were not revoked. They voluntarily chose to “retire” from the practice of law and surrendered their active licenses.
The obvious reason for doing so is that an attorney is no longer engaged in the practice of law. The advantage of doing so is that one is no longer obligated to pay annual fees, to comply with continuing education requirements, or subject to legal discipline from the bar.
For both of the Obamas, their law licenses were largely empty credentials used to advance themselves in politics. Neither one was actually a significant attorney.
The Obamas' law licenses may not have been revoked. More likely they gave them up because they weren't actually practicing law and didn't want to pay the fees or take the courses necessary to keep their licenses valid.
We don't know how many times Barack Obama took the bar exam or what his bar exam scores were, but somebody's done a little math with the available data and calculated that his LSAT scores weren't great.