The USSC in NAACP V ALABAMA did rule that the freedom of association is an essential part of the right to free speech. A union or a corporation is an association of people. Under citizens united they don't lose their rights as individuals or to collectively speak as a group.indago » 12 May 2014 6:32 am » wrote:
A "group of people" is not included within the Bill of Rights, which are individual rights. And, GE is, actually, a person: an artificial person.
Each individual does not lose his individual rights while engaging as a group, but when the group diverts corporate funds toward the political process, then those individuals should be charged and indicted for fraudulent use of the corporation funds.