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1 answer that you did before, the picketing that you engaged in, <br />you think was constitutionally protected. And therefore, these <br />alternatives about changing numbers or hours are purely just <br />4 argument. You do not really believe that. <br />5 <br />MR. MCDOWELL; The question with respect to whether <br />the picketers would believe that or not, I think would largely <br />be determined if the town passed such an ordinance, would the <br />A picketers then challenge it as an unreasonable limitation on <br />9 their speech. And that is a question for a future case. <br />10 QUESTION: But it is not so much the picketers. You <br />11 are giving answers saying that although the town cannot do what <br />12 it has done, that it could do these other things. But then <br />13 that seems inconsistent with the answer that you think that the <br />14 Constitution protects the way that you actually picketed here, <br />15 which would be prohibited by some of the alternatives that you <br />16 propose. So the question is how serious you are about the <br />17 alternatives. <br />18 MR. MCDOWELL: I would answer the question this way. <br />19 We are serious about the alternatives. It is possible that <br />20 some of the picketers' activities might have violated the <br />21 Constitution under a narrowly tailored ordinance. This <br />22 ordinance, however, is not narrowly tailored. <br />23 QUESTION: Suppose that we thought that as applied to <br />24 the picketing that actually had taken place and presumably <br />25 would take place again, that the ordinance was quite <br />38 <br />Heritage Reporting Corporation <br />(202) 628-4888 <br />