The Latest: Bush: Senate court vote 'not important' to him
By Associated Press
Feb 14, 2016 10:21 AM CST
A hearse and an SUV leave the Cibolo Creek Ranch Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, on U.S. 67 near Shafter, Texas. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead Saturday morning at the private residence in the Big Bend area of West Texas, after he'd gone to his room the night before and did not appear...   (Associated Press)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on developments following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (all times local):

11:20 a.m.

Jeb Bush says it doesn't matter to him whether Senate Republicans vote on any Supreme Court nominee President Barack Obama may send to Capitol Hill to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia.

Bush tells CNN's "State of the Union" that the decision is up to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell — who's said there will be no such vote until Obama leaves office in January.

The Republican presidential candidate says "it's not important to me" whether there's a vote before then.

That sentiment isn't shared by Bush's Republican presidential rivals. Soon after Scalia's death, they were demanding that a prospective Obama nominee not get a vote.

Bush says Obama has "every right" to submit a nominee to the Senate. But the former Florida governor says he doesn't think Obama would nominate someone who's "in the mainstream."

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10 a.m.

The body of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been taken to a funeral home in El Paso, Texas, where officials are waiting to hear whether an autopsy will be performed.

Chris Lujan (loo-HAHN') — a manager for Sunset Funeral Homes — says a procession that included about 20 law enforcement officers arrived early Sunday at the funeral home.

The procession traveled the more than three hours from the West Texas resort ranch where Scalia was found dead in his room on Saturday morning.

Lujan says if an autopsy is ordered by Scalia's family or a justice of the peace, then it likely will be performed at the funeral home by an El Paso County medical examiner.

Lujan says tentative plans call for Scalia's body to be flown back home Tuesday to his family in Virginia.

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9:45 a.m.

A proclamation from President Barack Obama orders flags to be flown at half-staff "as a mark of respect" for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.

The order applies to the White House, Supreme Court and other public buildings and grounds in the nation's capital and elsewhere in the country.

The order is in effect until sunset on the day of Scalia's interment.

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