Underpinning means to support something from below, for example with props or a foundation. It is commonly used to describe any knowledge that is foundational (basic or the most simply required) for a specific area of work or study.
The Weirmar Republic's constitution had a provision that gave its president the approval to confer dictatorial powers in an emergency. This enabled the president to confer such powers to the chancellor. Thus, even before the advent of Hitler, two German chancellors ruled without the approval of the Reichstag.
The acronym BCA stands for Basic Credit Approval.
The Supreme Court is established by the US Constitution. It is a basic part of the system of checks and balances on which the US government is founded. Washington did choose, with Senate approval, the men who formed the first US Supreme Court.
The president's basic salary is $400,000 per year.
A President is called a President because the basic word "president" means the head of state of Republic, head of a company of government office.
George Washington that's basic
Theoretically, perhaps, but it's been ignored as an issue practically since the U.S.A. began.
Of course. He went to Columbia and Harvard.
brack o bamma is not a good president and tells lies
one that provided for basic needs of the war refugees.
basic medical services for the poor and disabled