The principle of ex post facto has been circumvented in both civil and criminal cases, so the courts are now vehicles of opportunity for any group of raiders who can generate a little favorable publicity. Federal judges have become local warlords, able to bend both people and governments to their will. The only real power in American politics has come to be the appointing of federal judges, especially the Supreme Court. Big Tobacco was by no means the first target. Asbestos and the car manufacturers also have been looted, though to different degrees.
Obesity shortens life, so sue the bakeries, as well as the candy, sugar and soda companies.
And certainly don't forget alcohol, though we have been there before. Make no mistake about it, the American legal, political and social systems are shot. The internationalists are losing control to ideologues, religious fanatics, predatory lawyers and politicians, and also to a violent and growing underclass. The only thing that holds the country together is the dependence of the raiders and revolutionaries on the larger economy. The schemes of the Spoilers on Wall Street and in Washington.