"Legal" Theft by Government | Constitutional Law Stone

And if the landowners still refuse to sell, the city will use its power of eminent domain to condemn the land, force its sale at extremely low prices and then the city will sell the land to Colonial and the shopping center will be built. ... In East St. Louis, IL, the Gateway International Motorsports Corp., owner and builder of Gateway International Raceway went to the Southwestern Illinois Development Authority (SWIDA) in an attempt to have nearly one hundred-fifty ...