Reason Morning Links: U.S. Pulls Out of Iraqi Urban Areas, Giuliani Mulls Run for Governor, Sotomayor and the Sixth Amendment

Radley Balko | June 30, 2009

• Celebration in Iraq, as U.S. troops pull out of major cities.

• Energy Department mandates new lighting standards.

• Rudy Giuliani considering bid for New York governor.

• Parents challenging state laws that allow hospitals to take samples of newborns' blood for use in medical research without parents' permission.

• Sotomayor could help overturn or significantly narrow last week's Supreme Court decision giving criminal defendants the right to challenge forensic experts—and why her views on the Sixth Amendment aren't likely to generate much controversy during her confirmation hearings.