Disney versus DeSantis and the Fairy Tale of Conservatives Defending Freedom
By Saul Zimet
The conflict in Florida between the Walt Disney Company and Governor DeSantis appears to have ended. After two years of rhetorical and legal skirmishing, a settlement agreement between Disney and DeSantis’s allies was struck in late March 2024 to end the litigation.1
The dispute started with DeSantis’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill, HB 1557, signed …
