Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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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) ; In re Dunleavy, 2003 ME 124, ¶ 22, 838 A.2d
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that states interests were sufficiently important to justify the rule prohibiting dual officeholding
B. 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
C. recognizing but not ruling on basis of federal rule prohibiting tolling during a successive class action
D. 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
E. holding on a motion to dismiss that plaintiffs allegation that defendants actions were without justification based on the legitimate business interests of the employer and were performed maliciously was sufficient to prove actions taken to serve personal interests
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.