In a couple of weeks I’ll be teaching a Sunday School — *ahem*, Adult Discipleship Class — on covenant theology. Here’s the punch line:
Month: May 2025
Sound and Fury, Signifying . . . Very Little
Barnes v. Felix changes nothing for most of us, because, contrary to so much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, the Supreme Court did not change the use of force standard. In fact, it was the 5th Circuit which decided to implement their own use of force standard, and in the Barnes opinion, the Supreme Court simply brought them back onto the reservation.
