The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law released its monthly review of ongoing redistricting court cases with new highlights. The report was put together by the Brennan Center’s experts Michael Li, Thomas Wolf, and Alexis Farmer. For beginners:

In May, the Supreme Court ruled two North Carolina congressional districts were racial gerrymanders. Hot on the heels of those rulings, the Court is expected to decide whether it will hear two partisan gerrymandering cases in Wisconsin and North Carolina by the end of June, while several other major redistricting cases are gearing up for summer trials.

A roundup of where these and other key redistricting cases currently stand can be found here. Also see this video from the Citizen Genius Project. Here is the intro first:

Members of the House of Representatives each represent roughly the same number of people. That’s the simple guideline; how it’s accomplished is a more complex process. In this lesson, The Citizen Genius Project walks you through the steps as the 435 seats in the House are drawn into electoral districts by the 50 states.