Trump’s FTC Pick Will Go From Frequent Dissenter to Running Show

President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run the Federal Trade Commission will take the reins after compiling a long list of dissents against the current Democratic majority, offering signs on how the commission’s priorities will shift.

Andrew Ferguson, who joined as a commissioner in April, has opposed much of the FTC’s rulemaking agenda under Chair Lina Khan while voicing a narrower view of the agency’s authority. He’s gone so far as to question the constitutionality of an aspect of the FTC’s in-house court.

But Ferguson, who could take over as chair on day one of Trump’s new administration, is also unlike ...