What's the point of getting FTC approval of an acquisition in the first place if they can just go back a decade later and undo it?
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But you are right, in a way the FTC is appealing their own decision [1]. US politics can be quite mad at times.
[1] https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2012/08/...
No question about the truth of that statement.
However, though the FTC approved the acquisition 10 years ago, the current FTC commissioners have evidently concluded that in the interim things have changed. Whether the court agrees with the FTC's logic remains to be seen.