September 18, 2006
A Nashville city councilman has introduced a bill that would make English the official language of Davidson County and impose an English-only language requirement for city functions. The Tennessean reports on the possible challenges to such a bill as identified by Nashville’s Metro legal department. The legal opinion concludes that English as an official language measures are generally not problematic, while English-only requirements are much more susceptible to a variety of legal challenges.
