In light of the Trump assassination attempts, the question of assassination seems to be at the forefront of everyone’s minds as they ponder its legitimacy. Americans seem to universally agree that it is perfectly legitimate to forcibly depose tyrants through assassination. Thus, the dispute between Trump sympathizers and Trump haters is not whether it is just to assassinate tyrants, but whether Trump is and/or will be a totalitarian tyrant. However, this is the wrong debate, and this presupposition defending assassination must be uprooted. … More A Disputation of Juan de Mariana: The Illegitimacy of Assassination