The phrase "asserts ever" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It seems to be an incomplete or incorrect construction and does not have a standard usage context.
Example: "The author asserts ever so confidently that his theory is valid."
Alternatives: "claims always" or "maintains consistently".
It was perpetuated in part by European politics, as rival rulers supported either the pope in Rome or the pope in Avignon to assert ever greater authority over the church in their realms.
The pro-creationist Discovery Institute issued a policy document asserting: Ever since Darwin's day, people have been concerned that his theory undercuts morality in the traditional sense and they are right (Pearcey 2000).
China has been the chief aggressor in recent years, asserting ever greater control over the waters, which include some of the most strategically important maritime territory on earth.
He had watched with anger and growing pessimism as Ego Trip folded and whites asserted ever-greater control over the hip-hop industry.
In Greenland the Inuit, or part Inuit, account for nearly 90% of the total population of 57,000 or so, and they have been asserting ever-greater independence from Copenhagen, some 3,500km 2,1755 miles) away.
"I'm particularly concerned that the United States seems oblivious to this fact when it asserts an ever-expanding entitlement for itself to target individuals across the globe," Mr. Alston said in an accompanying statement.
Be that as it may, film festivals are asserting themselves ever more strongly; the competition between them is increasing as they jostle for supremacy.
The abundance and quality of Québécois works, and the unshakable support of public radio and of the Canada Council, the federal arts financing agency, gave birth to an original literary life that has asserted itself ever since.
To that end, Mr. Bush will soon turn his attention toward health care, flesh out his case for the need to restore integrity to government and assert in ever stronger terms that he would be the best protector of Social Security.
All of this -- the "gut" and "instincts," the certainty and religiosity -connects to a single word, "faith," and faith asserts its hold ever more on debates in this country and abroad.
