In her case, it seems she would be rejected for a job. Wouldn't it be trivially easy to sue the government/DMV/police for that and win?
In addition, driving in the US is a privilege rather than a right, so despite the fact that the majority of the US needs to drive to work, the burden of proof for revoking or suspending a drivers license is relatively low.
Probably what they did was legal, but even if not it would be the work of months or years and many thousands of dollars to get any kind of compensation.