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Pedantic-lawyer Tim says the exception is for falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater.
Edit: But the general point is right. Lots of law is some implementation of: "Better decided clearly now than decided correctly some vague time in the future."
I am surprised that pedantic-lawyer Tim does not also point out the origin of that phrase.
Specifically, the case Schenck v United States in which "falsely shouting fire in a crowded theater" was used as an analogy for protesting the draft.
I have therefore always been troubled by the origin of the phrase, even though it feels like a reasonable exception to make.
Edit: And now I see that Vladimir_M has already posted this.