Nipple rings vs. metal detectors.

Gloria Allred, who represents victims of harassment, discrimination, and wrongful termination, is "the most famous woman attorney practicing law in the nation today," according to her own Web site. That immodest judgment would be hard to dispute. In her storied career, Allred has filed an amicus brief in Paula Corbin Jones v. William Jefferson Clinton; represented Amber Frey, Scott Peterson's mistress, during Peterson's 2004 double-murder trial; and, recently, took on Heather Mills as a client after the activist/fashion model divorced Paul McCartney. At a packed press conference last week, Allred announced her latest cause: the alleged harassment of a graphic artist named Mandi Hamlin by officials of the Transportation Security Administration at the Lubbock, Texas airport. At issue is whether the TSA followed a humane protocol for women who wear nipple rings.

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