SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
TEXAS et al. v. CHERYL J. HOPWOOD et al.
on petition for writ of certiorari to the united
states court of appeals for the fifth circuit
No. 95-1773.  Decided July 1, 1996

  The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
  Opinion of Justice Ginsburg, with whom Justice
Souter joins, respecting the denial of the petition for a
writ of certiorari.
  Whether it is constitutional for a public college or
graduate school to use race or national origin as a factor
in its admissions process is an issue of great national
importance.  The petition before us, however, does not
challenge the lower courts' judgments that the particular
admissions procedure used by the University of Texas
Law School in 1992 was unconstitutional.  Acknowledg-
ing that the 1992 admissions program -has long since
been discontinued and will not be reinstated,- Pet. for
Cert. 28, the petitioners do not defend that program in
this Court, see Reply to Brief in Opposition 1, 3; see
also Brief for United States as Amicus Curiae 14, n. 13
(-We agree that the 1992 [admissions] policy was
constitutionally flawed . . . .-).  Instead, petitioners
challenge the rationale relied on by the Court of Ap-
peals.  -[T]his Court,- however, -reviews judgments, not
opinions.-  Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources
Defense Council, Inc., 467 U. S. 837, 842 (1984) (footnote
omitted).  Accordingly, we must await a final judgment
on a program genuinely in controversy before addressing
the important question raised in this petition.  See
Reply to Brief in Opposition 2 (-[A]ll concede this record
is inadequate to assess definitively- the constitutionality
of the law school's current consideration of race in its
admissions process.).