He also provided some ideological balance.
Second, will Mr Carswell upset UKIP's ideological balance?
The others were chosen for reasons of political payback, regional and ideological balance, and experience.
The real issue, he said, was "the ideological balance of the court".
Drawing up his ideological balance sheet, Kristol resisted the distractions of triumph.
There was a day when presidential nominees chose running-mates who provided ideological balance.
That ideological balance is not the best possible deal for everyday Americans.
If Mr. Obama chooses another liberal, it will not alter the fundamental ideological balance on the court.
Laments over a lack of ideological balance in the theater never have seemed to me to be of great concern.
But the partisan balance of power and the ideological balance of power are two completely different things.
Legal excellence, he said, now pales before factors like friendships, ideological compatibility and ideological balance on the Supreme Court.
