FTC Political Warfare May Finally End. More than a year into President Trump's second term, the Biden administration's aggressive antitrust agenda has largely been rolled back. One major case remains: the FTC's lawsuit against Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, a final relic from Lina Khan's tenure. Recent litigation developments have exposed weaknesses in the FTC's legal position, giving Chairman Andrew Ferguson an opportunity to close this chapter. Pursuing complex antitrust litigation of this scale would cost tens of millions in taxpayer resources with questionable merit. Ferguson has already dismantled aggressive elements of Khan's agenda, including dropping the PepsiCo case that lacked consumer harm evidence. Ending the Southern Glazer's case would complete the reset and mark the conclusion of an era treating low prices as suspicious rather than beneficial to consumers.
