Spooks Run Wild - another that will drop.  Haunted house fun with Bela Lugosi and the East Side Kids from 1941.  Good for a laugh and better than "Ghost Chasers" which they did a few years later.

Evil Dead - 2013 from Fede Alvarez.  Stylish teen slasher flick.  Well done effects.  Ernest acting.  Not my cuppa but I've checked the box.

Devil's Carnival.  A horror musical of all things.  I'd LOVE to find a stage treatment.  Will probably drop a little but should make the cut next year.

HOW IT WORKS: Law firms, under pressure from their clients — and the Obama administration — forced their attorneys to drop their representation in the House’s Obamacare suit.

I actually HAD this argument in a bar last week.  Not a fair fight really.   ONLY “CIVIL OFFICERS OF THE UNITED STATES” ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO IMPEACHMENT. YOU’RE NOT ONE OF THOSE UNTIL YOU’RE SWORN IN. Law professor: Trump can be impeached for fraud and racketeering before he even takes office.

Debate observation:  I LOVE THAT TRUMP AND HILLARY ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF “That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”

Is it time yet?

NEWS YOU CAN USE: Some quick, easy steps to tell if you’re a Deplorable, as proffered by Howie Carr of the Boston Herald.

I’m turning myself in to the Central Scrutinizer for some serious thoughtcrimes after reading this.

Clip and save:  MANIPULATING U.S. ELECTIONS: 10 Ways Voting Is Being Hacked by the Left, as charted by J. Christian Adams.

AS WE HEAR REFERENCES (WHICH ARE PROBABLY TRUE) to Trump advisers having connections to Russian interests, note this: John Podesta’s Ties To Russian And Saudi Money.

Plus, this flashback: Ted Kennedy’s Soviet Gambit. “Kennedy’s message was simple. He proposed an unabashed quid pro quo. Kennedy would lend Andropov a hand in dealing with President Reagan. In return, the Soviet leader would lend the Democratic Party a hand in challenging Reagan in the 1984 presidential election.”

Then there’s that whole “more flexibility” thing.

WE WERE PROMISED TRANSPARENCY, BUT WE KEEP SEEING STORIES LIKE THIS: How the FDA Manipulates the Media: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been arm-twisting journalists into relinquishing their reportorial independence, our investigation reveals. Other institutions are following suit.

JUST NBC THE OBJECTIVE JOURNALISM! Leaked emails reveal NBC journalist Andrea Mitchell told Colin Powell a Trump nomination would be ‘awful’—just a month before it became reality.

SO, NEW YORK TIMES: When you say your endorsement of Hillary is rooted in respect for her intellect, experience and courage, you indict yourselves in a far worse way than I could ever do. Also, “pointillist”?  You might as well say her husband governed by frottage. You’ve gone past being repugnant.  We, here in flyover country, are pointing and laughing.

JOURNALISM AS STENOGRAPHY: Where did all those ‘Trump Lies’ articles come from this weekend? The Clinton campaign, of course. 

Time for that annual trek through the scary stuff.  Here's this year's methodology.  Flickchart.  Take my top 31 horror movies. And the user's top 31 horror movies.  And the top 31 horror movies I haven't seen.  Throw in a series I haven't seen all of - this year it's Friday the 13th.  Add in the must-see flicks (Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Dusk Til Dawn [the first 45 minutes], Young Frankenstein, and It's the Great Pumpkin CB).  Collate, tabulate, put into some sense of order ..... then watch 3-4 every day from the bottom up.

and so I give you October 1.

 We started by re-watching Friday the 13th- with Kevin Bacon!  534 on my list, 1499 overall, and really not that good, although iconic.  Dropped about 3000 spots

 next up - The Gate from 1987.  3623  overall.  Cheezy kidz and teens fight demons from hell.  Now I've seen it.  Never will again.

Number three?  Comforting Skin.  REALLY liked it first time.  Slow on second viewing.  Dropped enough that it probably won't make thecut next year.

The times, they are a changin' ... Linda Greenhouse decides Scalia wasn't that bad after all

IF THAT WERE ALLOWED, IT WOULD THREATEN THE WHOLE FEEDLOT: School found in violation of Title IX for using ‘common sense’ to investigate.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: Ohio Northern Welcomes 59 1Ls, Down 15% From Last Year (51% From 2010). My 1L class in 1980 was almost TRIPLE this ..... I graduated with nearly 100.

Related: Brooklyn Welcomes 350 1Ls, Down 11% From Last Year (28% From 2010).

STANFORD PROFESSOR ON CONSTITUTION DAY: FOLLOWING THE FOUNDERS IS ‘DUMB.’

Ahh, the return of the Raj Koothrappali approach to Constitutional Law. I hope he’s thought through the implications of how that could end.

WELL, IT’S NOT LIKE IT’S GONNA BE A #GUNSENSE GUY: Man Who Shot Crossroads Mall Terrorist Is USPSA Competitor, 3-Gun Shooter.

OWN GOAL: Watch The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah Accidentally Destroy The Case For Gun Control.

related:  DIDN’T HE KNOW STARBUCKS IS A GUN FREE ZONE? Gunman kills Starbucks patron after credit card was rejected.  Surely you can’t mean those don’t work?

A LIFE SAVING GUN THROUGH A VERY BIASED LENS: Fear and Loathing in Charlotte.