- New York 11/07/2012 by Andrea Sears (WBAI)

The big news tonight of course is that President Barack Obama has won a second term in office.The news networks began calling the election for the president around ten thirty last night when exit polling indicated that he would take Ohio. But now that the election is over the American Civil Liberties Union says it’s time for him to reaffirm his commitment to civil liberties and core constitutional values.Many of them issues that the candidates barely mentioned.WBAI’s Andrea Sears spoke with Michael Macleod-Ball, chief legislative and policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union Washington Legislative Office.