Source: The Bulwark
by Jonathan V Last
“Charlie Kirk’s murder was not just a murder. It was an assassination. That’s the crucial point. We often forget the philosophical underpinnings of criminal law. Rightly understood, we view crimes as being committed not against individuals, but against society itself. Thus, when someone is murdered, the offense is not against the victim and his family, but against everyone. All of us. It is an offense against nature, heaven, and man. Assassination goes a step further. In addition to all of the above, assassination is, like terrorism, an attack on our body politic.” (09/10/25)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-assassination-of-charlie-kirk