Unfortunately with this clown you really can’t trust anything at all. I wouldn’t be surprised if his transcripts were created for him.
Didn’t he let his law license expire in IL? Why would he do that? any insights?
I don't know why he did it. But, the fact of the matter is many people retire or resign or place themselves on voluntary inactive status all the time (the terms can be confusing because each state may have slightly different statuses). I went to one the more "expensive" schools, and yet a sizable percentage of my law school classmates are no longer practicing and therefor assumed voluntary inactive status.
Most people don't realize that maintaining your license requires money, time, and more money. If you're not practicing, there's really no reason to keep it active. And, it is fairly easy and quick to reactivate it should you change your mind, at least in the states that I'm familiar - IL is not one of those states. I would say that a great many of our federal legislators who are lawyers, are no longer licensed to actually practice law.
Finally, I'm not sure when Obama assumed inactive status - was it when he was a full-time legislator, or was it when he was lecturing ConLaw? If it's the later, it's a little more suspicious. You don't have to be a member of a bar in good standing to be a law lecturer, but I don't know many (in fact I don't know any) who aren't.