A 2005 profile for the '' Harvard Law Bulletin '' reported that Ferrara recalled at age nine " being transfixed while watching television as Barry Goldwater stormed the 1964 Republican National Convention . " Ferrara grew up in Phoenix , Arizona and graduated in 1976 from Harvard College with an A.B. in economics '' magna cum laude '' and from Harvard Law School in 1979 '' cum laude '' . At Harvard , Ferrara wrote at the student newspaper '' The Harvard Crimson '' . While in law school , he also participated in the Harvard Libertarian Association . Future Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts attended both Harvard College and Law School with Ferrara
1964 Republican National Convention
1964 Republican National Convention
Peter Ferrara