100%.
While Florida and Texas are taking the lead, it is not as if the other GOP dominated states are not proposing and enacting more and more punitive legislation. Enough that it is hard to monitor. Similar to the abundance of restrictive legislation following the multi-decade oppression of minorities following the Civil War and that will (if ever given the chance) take three times as long to undue, partially because of the very court system you mention. Voter suppression laws, laws against women and other under-represented groups, laws against protesting, and all while pushing a gun wielding agenda of violence laden terminology.
Not in this thread but others, the talk regarding the electoral college and the way in which the GOP can work that to their advantage was a hot topic back in 2020. It's not like the GOP didn't notice this, and the nation's inability to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act gave them the carte blanche to push the lead domino and they've got some momentum.
It won't matter whether it is Trump or DeSantis running because DeSantis is patient enough to know Trump will not live forever and whomever it is will have no bifurcation. The GOP will fall in line behind one or the other, team style. It is only a matter of when, unless the force of citizens who do not wish to live under this type of rule will ensure that the youngest of voters have that opportunity to vote. That has been obvious to the GOP and they are on top of it--again with legislation. Same with Russia/Ukraine. They want the war there to linger so that it becomes another talking point to hammer home against the Democrats. And on and on.
IMO, many corporations will tread the line but ultimately succumb to a fascist theocracy because it may hurt profits in the short term for some but for others it will continue to permit the avoidance of personal responsibility when they do harm. No liability for injury. Somewhat like the legislation proposed in Iowa for the youngest workers in the meatpacking/mining and other industries. That is the future--substandard schools for most, desperate dangerous employment, and no mobility or healthcare.
I was reading a newsletter by writer Luke O'Neil. He was talking about the debate regarding student loans and he had this to say. It could be any topic though and it's food for thought. We can choose to be altruistic or selfish. IMO it is far better to rationalize the more compassionate choice than the selfish one. This was what he had to say:
I don't want to believe it either, but this is where we are.
TL/DR: Compare it to football--UT is in the SEC now. Realignment is reality. The Big 12 is in the dustbin of football history. The football ledge is not so different from the political one really. Offseason sucks.