With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". Const, amend. XIV, § 1 (“nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”) (emphasis added). Thus, the Fourteenth Amendment protects all persons, whether they can prove membership in a specially protected class or not. The Court does not, in so holding, suggest that membership in a particular class of persons is irrelevant to a determination of whether a constitutional violation has occurred. Courts must evaluate discrimination based on membership in an identified suspect class such as race, alien-age, or national origin, with the most strict scrutiny. See City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, 473 U.S. 432, 440, 105 S.Ct. 3249, 87 L.Ed.2d 313 (1985) (<HOLDING>). In contrast, the Eighth Circuit has held that

A: recognizing the compelling interest in highway safety
B: holding on summary judgment that a regulation is narrowly tailored to serve a significant government interest
C: holding that such classifications are permissible only when suitably tailored to serve a compelling state interest
D: holding that the government interest in preventing crime is compelling
C.