You would let a binge-drinking, rule-breaking, fornicating womanizer stick a needle in your spine??? The IPM specialty should strive for higher standards for personal conduct. We are endowed with a higher calling than a mere jurist/lawyer.
As individuals, we've all got our faults and issues. When my patients ask me if I've ever had problems with any of the above, the answer is yes. We're all human.
Still, you can be a functional alcoholic and be a great physician.
You can be a rule breaker and be venerated as an innovator/CEO.
You can be a fornicating womanizer and be President of the United States, from either party.
That doesn't mean you deserve it or that you're the best person for it.
I do think committing perjury over a minor point just to save face suggests a deeper moral failing that is inexcusable, specifically for the position of Justice. I do suspect the little lie here is covering up bigger lies.
This is the dude telling you he only took one of his mom's Morphine pills accidently when he pees positive for heroin.
This is the guy that gets pissed off when you cut him off because he doesn't have a problem, you and your tests are the problem.
We've all seen this guy in our clinics. Why're we defending him? Just because he got into Yale?