Professor Landers was in high demand after she correctly predicted that the US Supreme Court would uphold the health care law as constitutional. What she didn't predict – few did – was exactly how the court arrived at its decision.

The court majority ruled that the so-called individual mandate, which penalizes Americans who don't carry health insurance, is essentially a tax collected by the IRS – and therefore constitutional based on Congress's power to levy taxes.

In a surprising twist, it was normally conservative Chief Justice John Roberts – not Justice Anthony Kennedy, thought to be a swing vote – who sided with the four more liberal-leaning justices to form the 5-4 majority. Professor Landers anticipated Roberts' support of the law, though she had expected Kennedy to join him, noting that the two justices pursued a balanced line of questioning during the hearings.