Throughout this week you studied the topic of eminent domain, which is the power to take private property for public use by a state, municipality, or...

Throughout this week you studied the topic of eminent domain, which is the power to take private property for public use by a state, municipality, or private person or corporation authorized to exercise functions of public character, following the payment of just compensation to the owner of that property. For this week's discussion board, locate an example of eminent domain (provided the citation for the source of your example) and share a summary of what happened. Discuss whether you thought the taking of the property was fair. Why or Why not? Should the government be able to take your property through the process of eminent domain? Why or Why not?

The superior power exercised by the government on its eminent domain is once again visiblehere. The Canadian energy company TransCanada can take over land owned by a Texas farmerto build its...