SANTA ANA, Kalifornia (PNN) - June 12, 2012 - Ron Paul's devoted to the Rule of Law followers have found a new way to take on the establishment: litigation.

A group of Ron Paul supporters unaffiliated with the campaign, calling themselves Lawyers for Ron Paul, said they have filed a lawsuit against the Republican National Committee in Kalifornia's Ninth Circuit Court.

Their main complaint: delegates bound to Romney - because voters in a given state voted for him - will have to vote for Romney at the Republican National Convention.

"Each person going to Tampa is a free agent entitled to vote their consciences," said Edward True, who described himself as a voters-rights activist and whose complaints about the Iowa caucuses gave momentum to Lawyers for Ron Paul, of which he is now a part.

The group is suing over a number of incidents at state conventions this past spring where they say Paul supporters were harassed or the victims of election fraud. They argue that delegates should be allowed to vote for whomever they want at the national convention.

"Without this lawsuit, the pattern of abuse is guaranteed to get much worse, to the extend that the delegates who attend the national convention will be subjecting themselves to the risk of legal peril and Ron Paul will be guaranteed to lose the nomination without our legal intervention," Lawyers for Ron Paul wrote in a FAQ about the lawsuit.

"We are seeking a declaratory statement and protective order that states unequivocally that 'all delegates from every state are unbound and free to vote their consciences at state and national conventions, and any attempts to coerce, intimidate or threaten delegates under color of law, in violation to Title 42 USC Section 1971, will be harshly legally punished.'"

The lawsuit was filed yesterday in Kalifornia's Ninth Federal Circuit, at Ronald Reagan Courthouse in Santa Ana.