Over at National Review Online, NACRP friends Roger Clegg and Hans von Spakovsky report on an ill-advised Senate resolution proposed by five Republicans and one Democrat:

S. Res. 511 “encourages corporate, academic, and social entities, regardless of size or field of operation” to adopt some version of the National Football League’s “Rooney Rule.” That rule, named after Daniel Rooney, the owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, was implemented in 2003. It requires every NFL team with a coach or general-manager opening to interview at least one minority candidate.

The senate resolution also endorses a proposal by Black Entertainment Television founder Robert L. Johnson to broaden this rule by encouraging companies to interview a minimum of two minority candidates for managerial openings at the director level and above, and to interview two qualified minority businesses before approving a vendor contract.

Read the whole thing here.