Constitutional Problems With the Kentucky Proposal (Supported by Mitch McConnell) to Change the Way U.S. Senate Vacancies Are Filled

VIKRAM DAVID AMAR

In this second of a series of columns, Illinois Law dean and professor Vikram David Amar comments on the Kentucky proposal to change the way U.S. Senate vacancies are filled. Dean Amar argues that the Seventeenth Amendment precludes such a proposal, which would allow the state legislature to substantively constrain the governor’s choices in making a temporary appointment.

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Knous v. Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

Docket: 20-1617

Opinion Date: March 25, 2021

Judge: William Joseph Kayatta, Jr.

Areas of Law: Labor & Employment Law

The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment in favor of Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. and dismissing Plaintiff's lawsuit claiming a violation of the Massachusetts Wage Act, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, 148, 150, holding that the district court did not err. Plaintiff claimed that Broadbridge failed to make timely payment under the Act, arguing that, as a matter of statutory interpretation, the day an employee is discharged from employment under the Wage Act is the day the employee is told to stop performing work for his employer. The district court disagreed. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the day of discharge is the time for a final accounting and payment, the day of an employee's official discharge.