Federal law allows you to take a tax credit for eligible dependent care expenses. Under the Internal Revenue Code, the tax credit is an amount equal to a percentage of your dependent care expenses, currently limited to $3,000 for one dependent or $6,000 for two or more dependents.
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. The preservation of our civil rights and civil liberties is essential to the health of our democracy, particularly when they are threatened in the name of national security or patriotism. We must not lose our essential rights. They are what makes this country great.
1 â¢ The 13th and 14th amendments have also added to the Constitutionâs guarantees of personal freedom. â¢ 2  In general, civil liberties are protections against government. â¢ 3  They are guarantees of the safety of persons, opinions, and property from arbitrary acts of government.