--- --- # Seth Meyers Dubs Neil Gorsuch's Nomination 'One of the Greatest Thefts in Modern Politics'  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 23, 2017 3:43 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Mar 23, 2017 3:43 PM UTC In the wake of the third day of [Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings](http://time.com/4709355/neil-gorsuch-confirmation-senators-partisan/) to become a [Supreme Court](http://time.com/4709234/neil-gorsuch-confirmation-hearing-supreme-court-decision/) justice, Republicans and Democrats have blamed each other for partisanship on the committee. But it was the Republicans who [Seth Meyers](http://time.com/4708993/seth-meyers-sean-spicer-spoof/) slammed for their attitude toward President Donald Trump’s nominee. Following “A Closer Look” at the ongoing investigation of the Trump team’s potential ties to Russia and the president’s false wiretapping claims, the _Late Night_ host dissected the cheerful demeanor of several GOP senators throughout Gorsuch’s testimony. “Republicans were probably so giddy during the hearings because they knew they were getting away with one of the greatest thefts in modern politics, the stealing of a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court from President Obama,” Meyers said. “And on top of that they got a conservative nominee who’s shared very little about his actual views.” Watch the full clip above. Seth Meyers on Neil Gorsuch Supreme Court Nomination VIDEO ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4710838/seth-meyers-on-neil-gorsuch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4710838/seth-meyers-on-neil-gorsuch/"},"headline":"Seth Meyers Dubs Neil Gorsuch's Nomination 'One of the Greatest Thefts in Modern Politics'","datePublished":"2017-03-23T15:43:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:42:10.803Z","description":"\"On top of that they got a conservative nominee who's shared very little about his actual views\"","url":"https://time.com/4710838/seth-meyers-on-neil-gorsuch/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","politics","Seth Meyers","Late Night with Seth Meyers","TV","Donald Trump","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4710838/seth-meyers-on-neil-gorsuch/","name":"Seth Meyers Dubs Neil Gorsuch's Nomination 'One of the Greatest Thefts in Modern Politics'"}}]}] ```