Tennessee Driving certificate issue draws national scrutiny

After a month on the books, Tennessee's new driver's license law continues to draw national attention from immigration and national security policy-makers who wonder how well it's working. In another month, they may get their first clear answer. A judge has set a Sept. 23 hearing date to rule on whether the law will be halted immediately while a lawsuit against it is decided. Scott Duke, chief of operations for the governor's Office of Homeland Security, attributes the national scrutiny to Tennessee's success in passing a law at all -- something that eluded most of the 25 states that considered similar, immigrant-related driver's license laws last year. [more]