[I am Richard Brandon]

And since it is supposedly illegal to fail to pass a budget, why is there no penalty?

[PghBaldy]

The criminals make the laws.

[Sudetenland]

Don't know.

How do you enforce the law on the primary body that makes the laws and the Executive Branch (which is charged with enforcing the law) when they both refuse to do their jobs?

. . . Especially when you have a second party that is afraid to confront the abusers for fear of what the press might say about them