“When Congress created the FTC, it clearly commanded us to crack down on unfair methods of competition.”
Since 2015 the FTC tied its own Section 5 power to the Sherman Act’s rule of reason. That’s a test so loose it let most bad conduct through. Lina Khan’s 3-1 vote throws that out. The agency gave away its own authority for seven years and called it restraint. Big Tech’s lawyers will now argue it never had the power in the first place.