Let's look into Chapter 22 and consider eminent domain---the right of a government (the sovereign) to take private property (land) for the public good.Historically, the exercise of eminent domain has been limited to the taking of private lands for public works projects---roads, schools, water treatment projects, etc.Within the past couple of years in the Northeast, a city took (via its power of eminent domain) private land to be used for private commercial purposes as a means to increase the municipality's tax base (i.e., taking family homes for the construction of a Wal-Mart, although this was not exactly the case in this instance).The US Supreme Court upheld the city's action reasoning that the State had not limited a municipality's power of eminent domain.Is the use of eminent domain for the purpose of taking private lands for commercial development a justifiable use of such power?What are the pros and cons?