With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". the officials designated in it, including judges, were over a year away from the end of their term of office. It rejected an equal-protection challenge by several Texas judges hoping to run for the higher judicial office without being forced to resign. As discussed above, the Court observed that the law served the purpose, among others, of ensuring that a judge will not neglect duties or devote less than the judge’s full time and energies to the responsibilities of the judicial office. Id. at 968. Conversely, the Court noted that the burden on potential candidates, who were not barred from running for o Haw. 1990) (rejecting equal protection and First Amendment challenges to resign-to-run clause in Hawaii Constitution); Acevedo v. City of North Pole, 672 P.2d 130, 135-36 (Alaska 1983) (<HOLDING>); In re Dunleavy, 2003 ME 124, ¶ 22, 838 A.2d

A: holding that states legitimate interests in enacting constitutional provision prohibiting judges from holding other public office far outweigh the burdens put upon the petitioners right to be a candidate for office
B: holding that states interests were sufficiently important to justify the rule prohibiting dual officeholding
C: holding that reasoning which would justify the arrest by the search and at the same time justify the search by the arrest  will not do
D: recognizing but not ruling on basis of federal rule prohibiting tolling during a successive class action
B.