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[[Image:5712dawkins.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|right|thumbnail|200px|[[Richard Dawkins]] is a prominent [[atheism|atheist]] and [[evolution|evolutionist]]. [[Richard Dawkins]] stated in an interview: “What’s to prevent us from saying Hitler wasn’t right? I mean, that is a genuinely difficult question."]]
In '''''Pierson v. Ray''''', 386 U.S. 547 (1967), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] extended the protection of absolute [[judicial immunity]] to suits brought under § 1 of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1871]], 42 U.S.C. [[Section 1983]]. It held that the [[legislative record]] for that [[statute]] gave no indication that [[Congress]] intended to abolish this long-established principle of absolute judicial immunity.
In '''''Pierson v. Ray''''', 386 U.S. 547 (1967), the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] extended the protection of absolute [[judicial immunity]] to suits brought under § 1 of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1871]], 42 U.S.C. [[Section 1983]]. It held that the [[legislative record]] for that [[statute]] gave no indication that [[Congress]] intended to abolish this long-established principle of absolute judicial immunity.