The FLSA allows the Department of Labor (Department) or an employee to recover back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages where minimum wage and overtime violations exist. Generally, a 2-year statute of limitations applies to the recovery of back wages and liquidated damages.
In a democracy, the people are the government. Today, we elect people to run the government for us. The people we elect do not, for the most part, run the country in the interest of the people; they run it in the interest of themselves. We are led to believe that we must put our trust in these people.
Finally, the people/the Citizens, individually and collectively, have the ultimate power and authority to determine if a law is unconstitutional, because the people are the sovereigns in America. Yes, the people are the sovereigns in each State of the Union and in the United States of America.