Congress shall make no law

Background: I've posted variations on the following as comments on some news sites and a thread on Facebook during a friendly debate. At issue is the Supreme Court ruling that organizations are not subjected to many of the limits imposed by McCain-Feingold.

Re: Jason Dumas' claim of treason. Organizations consist of individuals voluntarily associating. Whether I join with 1 or 5 or 500 individuals with a common interest, my associates and I do not forfeit our right to speak collectively. Campaign finance restrictions attempt to treat the symptoms rather than the cause. Corporations are under assault daily by a government overstepping its constitutional limits. Politicians control money and favors to hand out to any who play their game. Corporations have a choice: play the game or get trampled. Restore government to its constitutionally mandated limits and the unemployment rate of lobbyists will skyrocket. To advocate against the ruling, it follows that we can deny the freedom of press to the Metro Times even while the journalists themselves enjoy the freedom of press. And we can deny churches and religious schools from the freedom to practice religion even though the individuals who make up that church are free to practice. Rights flow to individuals whether they act alone or in groups. The traitors are those 4 justices who ignored the Constitution - "Congress shall make no law. . . abridging the freedom of speech."

[Online comment - Metro Times. Posted 01/27/2010.]