"Judge Robert Mandelbaum asked to meet singer Suzanne Vega, who is married to a defense lawyer in the case..."

"... after convicting the demonstrators of disorderly conduct."

But Vega, whose hits include “Tom’s Diner,” took the meeting as a chance to tell her fan, “I’m really disappointed by the verdict.”

“He told me that’s my prerogative,” Vega said outside the judge's courtroom. “It was sort of awkward.”

Ah, go write a song about it. Call it "My Prerogative."