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.
Civil Rights Overview. The freedom from unequal treatment on the basis of skin color, gender, religion, disability or other protected characteristics is collectively called civil rights. Most civil rights protections originate through federal legislation or federal case law (often from U.S. Supreme Court decisions).