vacation overload

Is there such a thing as vacation overload? It looks like I am going to find out!
My professional license lapsed as of midnight on the 30th and my boss informed me I won't be allowed to come back to work without it. Which would be ok if they would keep the paychecks coming, but alas...I am without!
The funny thing about this whole thing is that ITS NOT MY FAULT. I'm jacked, and I didn't do anything wrong for once. See, about six weeks ago, I got a little blue card in the mail, and this little blue card states EXPLICITLY that I will be able to renew my license until midnight on the 30th of June. So when, on the 30th of June, I went online to renew my license at 12:15 in the AFTERNOON, with nearly 12 hours remaining, I was astounded to find out that the cutoff for this renewal was NOON.
I call bullshit. I called my boss, who informed me that I was Out of Luck Chuck, that without a valid license I would be unable to return to work. Bullshit abounds, especially when she says I will be subject to disciplinary actions. HA! Lawyer on speed dial, I say. But who can I take down?
The state of MN for shutting down their government in hopes of getting a budget approval? SMDC/Essentia for giving their employees the ole middle finger yet again? Who has the deeper pockets? Who wants to pay for my lost wages, the undue stress of punitive action?
Somebody's going down, and it ain't gonna be me. I will be patient, I will lay in wait, and when the throat is exposed, I will strike!
Who likes bad press???